1141 Amendments of Roman HAIDER
Amendment 3 #
2023/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Japan is crucial partner located in the Indo-Pacific region and it is a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP);
Amendment 15 #
2023/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of implementing the EPA fully and effectively, including in the areas of government procurement to ensure transparency, and sanitary and phytosanitary commitments to speed up and simplify import procedures; takes note of the commitments taken by the parties on SPS in the framework of the EU- Japan Summit; recalls the importance of promptly finding a solution on the restrictions imposed by Japan on EU products due to African Swine Fever;
Amendment 29 #
2023/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the launch of the EU- Japan digital partnership to advance cooperation on digital issues; welcomes, in this regard, the conclusion of the digital trade principles and the signature of the memorandum of cooperation on semiconductors, to enhance bilateral cooperation on research and development for semiconductors, transparency of subsidies to the semiconductor sector, an early warning mechanism for the semiconductor supply chain, advanced skills for the semiconductor industry, and uses cases of semiconductors applications;
Amendment 42 #
2023/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that Japan is the EU’s closest partner in the Indo-Pacific region with whom the EU should enhance cooperation on economic resilience and security, including by jointly addressing non- market practices. market practices and policies, economic coercion and other harmful practices; welcomes the Administrative Arrangement on Cooperation in Critical Raw Materials Supply Chains to increase cooperation between the EU and Japan on diversifying supply chains for critical raw materials in order to minimize the risks from increased geopolitical tensions and accelerated technological shifts.
Amendment 3 #
2023/2059(INI)
Aa. whereas current economic developments suggest an ongoing worldwide trade regionalisation which might become structural in the upcoming future, challenging European ports into new competitive tasks where they should tighten intra-regional links and shorten connections to grant supplies and make import/export’s routes more resilient;
Amendment 8 #
2023/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas European ports are strategic infrastructures and play an overarching role in the European trade and industrial policies, building up on their vocation as gateways for goods and services and providing a wider range of industrial, manufacturing, and transformative activities, such as shipbuilding, steelmaking, energy production and data exchanging;
Amendment 23 #
2023/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that an open, sustainable and assertive EU trade policy, coupled with ambitious trade agreements, wcould contribute to strengthening the competitiveness and resilience of European ports;
Amendment 75 #
2023/2059(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines the importance of providing European ports with a more rationalized and efficient access to public and private funding coming from the EU, from its Member States, and from those third-countries that are most reliable.
Amendment 250 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 12
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 12
(12) ‘partitioning of infrastructure capacity’ means assigning shares of the total available capacity of an element of infrastructure to different types of rail transport services and to capacity restrictions resulting from infrastructure work and/or allocation processes.
Amendment 250 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 12
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point 12
(12) ‘partitioning of infrastructure capacity’ means assigning shares of the total available capacity of an element of infrastructure to different types of rail transport services and to capacity restrictions resulting from infrastructure work and/or allocation processes.
Amendment 275 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Those procedures shall assess alternative options for the use of infrastructure capacity, based on the following socioeconomic and environmental criteria, subject to the availability of data, which applicants must make available to infrastructure managers:
Amendment 275 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Those procedures shall assess alternative options for the use of infrastructure capacity, based on the following socioeconomic and environmental criteria, subject to the availability of data, which applicants must make available to infrastructure managers:
Amendment 288 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Infrastructure managers shall provide interested parties, in particular applicants, potential applicants and regulatory bodies, with accurate and up-to-date information on the availability of infrastructure capacity throughout the entire capacity management process, including in the strategic planning phase referred to in section 2, during the scheduling and allocation processes set out in section 3 and whenever there are changes to allocated capacity as referred to in section 4, according to the availability of the published capacity strategy, capacity model and capacity supply plan.
Amendment 288 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Infrastructure managers shall provide interested parties, in particular applicants, potential applicants and regulatory bodies, with accurate and up-to-date information on the availability of infrastructure capacity throughout the entire capacity management process, including in the strategic planning phase referred to in section 2, during the scheduling and allocation processes set out in section 3 and whenever there are changes to allocated capacity as referred to in section 4, according to the availability of the published capacity strategy, capacity model and capacity supply plan.
Amendment 300 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Strategic capacity planning shall include all activities set out in Articles 12 to 25 and shall not impede national or local market approaches in scheduling, such as regular schedules, as long as they do not contradict international processes.
Amendment 300 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Strategic capacity planning shall include all activities set out in Articles 12 to 25 and shall not impede national or local market approaches in scheduling, such as regular schedules, as long as they do not contradict international processes.
Amendment 347 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
(4) The infrastructure manager shall regularly prepare, and publish and regularly update the capacity strategy in accordance with the schedule and the contents set out in section 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 347 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
(4) The infrastructure manager shall regularly prepare, and publish and regularly update the capacity strategy in accordance with the schedule and the contents set out in section 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 351 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Infrastructure managers shall consult applicants on the capacity strategy in accordance with Article 13 and coordinate capacities strategies with otherneighbouring infrastructure managers in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 351 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Infrastructure managers shall consult applicants on the capacity strategy in accordance with Article 13 and coordinate capacities strategies with otherneighbouring infrastructure managers in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 353 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The capacity model shall at least provide information about the total volume of capacity available by network section, the shares of capacity reserved for different segments of rail transport services and for capacity restrictions resulting from infrastructure works. Infrastructure managers shall prepare and publish the capacity model for each working timetable period and regularly update the capacity model in accordance with the contents and schedule set out in sections 1 and 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 353 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The capacity model shall at least provide information about the total volume of capacity available by network section, the shares of capacity reserved for different segments of rail transport services and for capacity restrictions resulting from infrastructure works. Infrastructure managers shall prepare and publish the capacity model for each working timetable period and regularly update the capacity model in accordance with the contents and schedule set out in sections 1 and 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 356 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Infrastructure managers shall document and, where relevant, justify any divergence between the capacity model and the capacity strategy concerning the same working timetable period. Where needed, the capacity strategy shall be revised in the light of developments since the adoption or the latest update of the capacity strategy.
Amendment 356 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. Infrastructure managers shall document and, where relevant, justify any divergence between the capacity model and the capacity strategy concerning the same working timetable period. Where needed, the capacity strategy shall be revised in the light of developments since the adoption or the latest update of the capacity strategy.
Amendment 360 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Infrastructure managers shall consult applicants on the capacity model in accordance with Article 13 and coordinate capacities strategies with otherneighbouring infrastructure managers in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 360 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Infrastructure managers shall consult applicants on the capacity model in accordance with Article 13 and coordinate capacities strategies with otherneighbouring infrastructure managers in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 433 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. Infrastructure managers shall conclude framework agreements only where the capacity right requested is consistent with the planning documents of the strategic capacity planning referred to in Article 11(2). Infrastructure managers shall indicate the capacity that they plan to reserve for allocation through framework agreements in these planning documents. The infrastructure managers of neighbouring countries must make these threshold quotas as uniform as possible.
Amendment 433 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 3
Article 31 – paragraph 3
3. Infrastructure managers shall conclude framework agreements only where the capacity right requested is consistent with the planning documents of the strategic capacity planning referred to in Article 11(2). Infrastructure managers shall indicate the capacity that they plan to reserve for allocation through framework agreements in these planning documents. The infrastructure managers of neighbouring countries must make these threshold quotas as uniform as possible.
Amendment 456 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4
Article 33 – paragraph 4
4. In accordance with the rules and procedures set out in Article 20, infrastructure managers may refuse to allocate capacity for rolling planning requests if requests are inconsistent with the capacity supply plan adopted in accordance with Article 18. A refusal shall be communicated to the applicant without delay. The applicant shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the regulatory body. Where capacity is available, the infrastructure manager shall provide an alternative solution that meets the applicants’ requirements to the greatest extent possible.
Amendment 456 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4
Article 33 – paragraph 4
4. In accordance with the rules and procedures set out in Article 20, infrastructure managers may refuse to allocate capacity for rolling planning requests if requests are inconsistent with the capacity supply plan adopted in accordance with Article 18. A refusal shall be communicated to the applicant without delay. The applicant shall have the right to lodge a complaint with the regulatory body. Where capacity is available, the infrastructure manager shall provide an alternative solution that meets the applicants’ requirements to the greatest extent possible.
Amendment 573 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. Infrastructure managers shall ensure that capacity management and traffic management processes within the scope of this Regulation are implemented by means of digital tools and digital services. National capacity management tools shall only remain allowed if they do not undermine the capacity planning and allocation process described in Section 3 of this Regulation.
Amendment 573 #
2023/0271(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. Infrastructure managers shall ensure that capacity management and traffic management processes within the scope of this Regulation are implemented by means of digital tools and digital services. National capacity management tools shall only remain allowed if they do not undermine the capacity planning and allocation process described in Section 3 of this Regulation.
Amendment 54 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The provisions of Directive 96/53/EU complement Council Directive 92/106/EEC41 as regards promoting and supporting the growth of intermodal transport. The definition of intermodal transport operation should therefore be aligned with the terminology applied in Directive 92/106/EEC, in order to allow lorries, trailers and semi-trailers used in intermodal operations to benefit from the same extra weight allowances as in cases of road vehicles carrying containers or swap bodies and used in containerised intermodal transport. Such weight incentive should encourage road transport operators to engage also in non- containerised combined intermodal transport. __________________ 41 Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p. 38).
Amendment 54 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The provisions of Directive 96/53/EU complement Council Directive 92/106/EEC41 as regards promoting and supporting the growth of intermodal transport. The definition of intermodal transport operation should therefore be aligned with the terminology applied in Directive 92/106/EEC, in order to allow lorries, trailers and semi-trailers used in intermodal operations to benefit from the same extra weight allowances as in cases of road vehicles carrying containers or swap bodies and used in containerised intermodal transport. Such weight incentive should encourage road transport operators to engage also in non- containerised combined intermodal transport. __________________ 41 Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p. 38).
Amendment 65 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) European Modular Systems (EMS) have been used and trialled at length and have proven to be an interesting solution to improve the economic and energy efficiency of transport operations, while ensuring road safety and protection of infrastructure, thanks to their confinement to adequate parts of the road networks. Given national specificities, different economic interests, transportation needs and diverse transport infrastructure capacities in Member States, they are best placed to assess and authorise the circulation of EMS on their territories. At the same time, to enlarge the positive socio-economic and environmental impacts of the use of EMS, it is crucial to remove unnecessary barriers to their use in cross-border operations between neighbouring Member States that allow such vehicle combinations on their territories, without limitation in the number of borders crossed as long as they comply with the maximum authorised weights and dimensions for EMS established by Member States within their respective territories. This is to ensure that EMS used in cross-border operations comply with the common lowest weight and dimension limit for EMS applicable in those Member States. In the interests of safety of operations, transparency and legal clarity, common conditions should be established for the circulation of EMS in national and international traffic, including providing clear information on the weights and dimensions limits for EMS and on parts of the road network compatible with specifications of such vehicles, and monitoring the impacts of the use of EMS on road safety, on the road infrastructure, on modal cooperation, as well as the environmental impacts of European Modular Systems on the transport system, including the impacts on modal share.
Amendment 65 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) European Modular Systems (EMS) have been used and trialled at length and have proven to be an interesting solution to improve the economic and energy efficiency of transport operations, while ensuring road safety and protection of infrastructure, thanks to their confinement to adequate parts of the road networks. Given national specificities, different economic interests, transportation needs and diverse transport infrastructure capacities in Member States, they are best placed to assess and authorise the circulation of EMS on their territories. At the same time, to enlarge the positive socio-economic and environmental impacts of the use of EMS, it is crucial to remove unnecessary barriers to their use in cross-border operations between neighbouring Member States that allow such vehicle combinations on their territories, without limitation in the number of borders crossed as long as they comply with the maximum authorised weights and dimensions for EMS established by Member States within their respective territories. This is to ensure that EMS used in cross-border operations comply with the common lowest weight and dimension limit for EMS applicable in those Member States. In the interests of safety of operations, transparency and legal clarity, common conditions should be established for the circulation of EMS in national and international traffic, including providing clear information on the weights and dimensions limits for EMS and on parts of the road network compatible with specifications of such vehicles, and monitoring the impacts of the use of EMS on road safety, on the road infrastructure, on modal cooperation, as well as the environmental impacts of European Modular Systems on the transport system, including the impacts on modal share.
Amendment 79 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The artificial barriers to the cross- border transport of heavier lorries primarily used in long distance transport (such as vehicle combinations with 5 and 6 axles), should be removed in a harmonised way to take advantage in the short term of the operational, energy and environmental efficiency linked to the greater loading capacity granted by the Member States, including for intermodal transport. To effectively drive the transition towards zero-emission mobility, it is necessary to phase out the use of such heavier lorries running on fossil fuels, as of 2035, when the market penetration of zero- emission HDVs is projected to increase significantly up to around 50% of new HDV registrations. After the phasing out, heavier lorries should continue to be allowed in national traffic while, in international traffic, they should comply with the maximum authorised weights set up in Annex I to Directive 96/53/EC, which limits the extra weight allowance to zero- emission vehicles and to vehicles involved in an intermodal transport operation.
Amendment 79 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The artificial barriers to the cross- border transport of heavier lorries primarily used in long distance transport (such as vehicle combinations with 5 and 6 axles), should be removed in a harmonised way to take advantage in the short term of the operational, energy and environmental efficiency linked to the greater loading capacity granted by the Member States, including for intermodal transport. To effectively drive the transition towards zero-emission mobility, it is necessary to phase out the use of such heavier lorries running on fossil fuels, as of 2035, when the market penetration of zero- emission HDVs is projected to increase significantly up to around 50% of new HDV registrations. After the phasing out, heavier lorries should continue to be allowed in national traffic while, in international traffic, they should comply with the maximum authorised weights set up in Annex I to Directive 96/53/EC, which limits the extra weight allowance to zero- emission vehicles and to vehicles involved in an intermodal transport operation.
Amendment 92 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Similarly to the need for extra space, current standards are also not suitable to compensate for the extra weight of alternative drive of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, in particular in long distance transport. Additional weight and axle weight up to the weight of the alternative drive but not more than the values stated in Annex I, 2.2.2 are necessary for zero-emission vehicle combinations, as well as to the most common passenger vehicles in use in the Union. Lighter technologies and better aerodynamics will render the use of zero- emission propulsion systems more efficient (for example, to allow for longer range travelled and longer battery life) by reducing their energy consumption. To provide additional incentives to the deployment of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, to promote technological development, as well as the equipment of vehicles with improved aerodynamics, extra weight allowances should therefore be disconnected from the weight of the zero-emission technology.
Amendment 92 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Similarly to the need for extra space, current standards are also not suitable to compensate for the extra weight of alternative drive of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, in particular in long distance transport. Additional weight and axle weight up to the weight of the alternative drive but not more than the values stated in Annex I, 2.2.2 are necessary for zero-emission vehicle combinations, as well as to the most common passenger vehicles in use in the Union. Lighter technologies and better aerodynamics will render the use of zero- emission propulsion systems more efficient (for example, to allow for longer range travelled and longer battery life) by reducing their energy consumption. To provide additional incentives to the deployment of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, to promote technological development, as well as the equipment of vehicles with improved aerodynamics, extra weight allowances should therefore be disconnected from the weight of the zero-emission technology.
Amendment 107 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To promote the growth of multimodal transportation system, containerised transport should be further facilitated by allowing extra height to road vehicles to transport high-cube containercreating the necessary framework conditions for the road and rail infrastructure to transport these units.
Amendment 107 #
2023/0265(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) To promote the growth of multimodal transportation system, containerised transport should be further facilitated by allowing extra height to road vehicles to transport high-cube containercreating the necessary framework conditions for the road and rail infrastructure to transport these units.
Amendment 76 #
2023/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management Board on the basis of merit and skills, skills and expertise from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission following an open and transparent selection procedure which shall respect the principle of gender balance. The appointment may only be made on the basis of purely professional criteria.
Amendment 79 #
2023/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate combating fraud, corruption, abuse of functions and other unlawful activities under Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 the Agency shall adopt appropriate provisions applicable to all employees of the Agency.
Amendment 80 #
2023/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. OLAF may carry out investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections with a view to establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption, abuse of functions or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union in connection with a grant or a contract funded by the Agency, in accordance with the provisions and procedures laid down in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013.
Amendment 81 #
2023/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
1. No later than 5 years after the [date of entry into force], and every 5 years thereafter, the Commission shall conduct an evaluation to assess particularly the impact, effectiveness and efficiency, efficiency and the cost-effectiveness of the Agency and its working practices. The evaluation shall, in particular, address the possible need to modify the mandate of the Agency, and the financial implications of any such modification.
Amendment 82 #
2023/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 3
Article 41 – paragraph 3
3. On the occasion of every second evaluation, there shall also be an assessment of the results achieved by the Agency having regard to its objectives, mandate and tasks. If the Commission considers that the continuation of the Agency is no longer justified with regard to its assigned objectives, mandate and tasks, it may propose that this Regulation be amended accordingly or repealed.
Amendment 220 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The minimum ages of applicants for the different categories of driving licences should be set at Union level. Nevertheless,are set by individual Member States. Member States should beare also allowed to set a higher age limit for the driving of certain categories of vehicles in order to further promote road safety. Member States should in exceptional circumstances be allowedare free to set lower age limits in order to take account of national circumstances. In particular, to allow the driving of fire service, rescue service and public order maintenance related vehicles or pilot projects related to new vehicle technologies.
Amendment 244 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) The Commission should be empowered to identify third countries that ensure a comparable level of training when issuing certificates similar to the European Certificate of Competence (CPC), allowing the holders of those certificates to exchange them with a European CPC, on condition that they undertake an additional competence training.
Amendment 330 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c – point viii – indent 1
– motor vehicles designed and constructed for the carriage of no more than 1622 passengers in addition to the driver and with a maximum length not exceeding 8 meters.
Amendment 364 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) 241 years for categories D and DE.
Amendment 378 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Member States may lower the minimum age for category C to 18 years and forand category D to 218 years with regard to:
Amendment 411 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) two years after a driving licence, granted for category B, was issued for the first time it shall be valid for driving the alternatively fuelled vehicles referred to in Article 2 of Council Directive 96/53/EC63 and special purpose vehicles provided that it is a motor caravan as defined in Annex I, Part A, point 5.1 to Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council with a maximum authorised mass above 3 500 kg but not exceeding 4 250 kg without a trailer. __________________ 63 Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p. 59).
Amendment 457 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 6
Amendment 495 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. The Commission may assess whether a third country has professional driver training and/or certification rules and examination procedures that are wholly or partially comparable to those of the Union, as well as a level of road safety, which would justify allowing the holder of a Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC), or equivalent issued by the third country to be exchanged for a new CPC, issued by a Member State. On the basis of the assessment, the Commission may adopt an implementing act allowing this exchange on condition that the holder of the CPC completes additional competence training up to 35 hours to be conducted in the most practicable language, with, if necessary, appropriate language support, in line with the provisions of the EU Driver Training Directive (EU) 2022/2561, to ensure high level of competence and road safety. Member States shall have six months to provide their opinion on the Commission assessment regarding a third country. The implementing act shall not apply until the Commission has received an opinion from all Member States or until six months from the entry into force of the implementing act concerned, whichever is the earlier.
Amendment 506 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 7(1), points (b) and (d) respectively, Member States shall issue driving licences, in accordance with Article 10(1), for categories BC, CE and CD marked with the Union code 98.02 specified in Annex I, Part E, to applicants who have reached the age of 17 years.
Amendment 517 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from Article 7(1), points (b), Member States shall issue driving licences, in accordance with Article 10(1), for categories B marked with the Union code 98.02 specified in Annex I, Part E, to applicants who have reached the age of 15 years.
Amendment 530 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) in the case of a vehicle of category C, CE or D has the qualification and training provided by Directive (EU) 2022/2561.
Amendment 537 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) In case a driver of a vehicle category C, CE and D, has undergone a dedicated 7-hour training course to learn the necessary professional and pedagogical skills, as part of their periodic CPC training. Member States may decide to increase the duration of the training to 14 hours.
Amendment 544 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 556 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States shall lay down rules on penalties for novice drivers who drive with a blood alcohol level exceeding 0.05g/mL and take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Those penalties shall be effective, proportionate, dissuasive and non‐discriminatory.
Amendment 653 #
2023/0053(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part I – point B – point 5 – point 1 – point c – paragraph 1
Annex II – Part I – point B – point 5 – point 1 – point c – paragraph 1
The Union code (78) shall not be marked on a driving licence of category A1, A2, A, B1, B and BE issued on the basis of a test of skills and behaviour taken on a vehicle with automatic transmission shall be removed if the holder passes a dedicated test of skills and behaviour or completes a dedicated training or B, or shall be removed accordingly, if the applicant or holder passes a dedicated test of skills and behaviour or completes a dedicated training, which may take place before or after the test of skills and behaviour taken on a vehicle with automatic transmission.
Amendment 19 #
2023/0042(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the amendment to Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 as regards strengthening the CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy- duty vehicles and integrating reporting obligations, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/956.
Amendment 20 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the EU has a consistent trade deficit with New Zealand in agriculture, accounting for EUR 1.100 million in 2022;
Amendment 30 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 57 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the agreement will level the playing field with other trading partners that already have FTAs with New Zealand; notes the high level of tariff liberalisation under the agreement, which will entail the removal of 100 % of New Zealand tariffs on EU exports at entry into force and the lifting of 98.5 % of EU tariffs on New Zealand trade after seven years; believes that the sensitive character of certain European agricultural sectors has been duly reflected by well-calibrated concessions in the form of tariff-rate quotas and longer transition periods; notes that a significant market access has been granted for dairy, beef and sheep products from New Zealand; calls on the Commission to carefully manage and monitor the TRQs and consider to implement safeguards such as seasonability; welcomes the inclusion of dedicated chapters on sustainable food systems and animal welfare respectively and an ambitious chapter on sanitary and phytosanitary matters;
Amendment 63 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the fact that the agricultural sector is often used as bargaining chip to be sacrificed during the negotiations in order to obtain concessions in other chapters; calls on the Commission to consider the cumulative impacts of future trade deals on EU farmers and the need for investment in local EU production;
Amendment 73 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the protection that the agreement provides for the names of 163 European foodstuff geographical indications (GIs) and the complete list of EU GI wines and spirits, as well as the scope for adding more GI names in the future; calls on the Commission to ensure an effective protection of GIs, with a particular attention to those under grandfathering clause, in order to prevent counterfeiting products being produced in New Zealand; notes that the agreement also includes comprehensive intellectual property provisions on copyright, trademarks and industrial designs, thereby ensuring effective protection and enforcement;
Amendment 8 #
2022/2195(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the growing strategic importance of Central Asia and the key role that Uzbekistan plays in regional cooperation and connectivity, in particular within the Global Gateway initiative; for this reason, the EU should further strengthen economic and trade ties with the region and support Usbekistans appplication for WTO membership.
Amendment 23 #
2022/2195(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of Uzbekistan’s membership of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus, which contributes to economic growth and yields very positive results (exports to the EU increased by 34 % in 2021 and by 77% in 2021 compared to the previous years);
Amendment 4 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Single Market emergency instrument and repealing Council Regulation No (EC) 2679/98 (COM(2022)0278);
Amendment 12 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas any EU strategy to address the current and possible future shortages should follow a comprehensive approach that takes into consideration the root causes of shortages and includes concrete actions for their prevention;
Amendment 24 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas large increases in commodity prices, higher prices around the globe and a troublesome spike in inflation are expected to further challenge global supply chains; whereas the EU is experiencing the strongest inflation of the last 30 years and is visibly heading for an energy crisis; whereas the war in Ukraine acts as a catalyst to the existing challenges, such as the monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB), the politically intended “green inflation” or the price increases resulting from disrupted supply chains due to the excessive lockdown policy;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU is strategically dependent on external sources of energy, a situation that is undermining the EU’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy; whereas skyrocketing energy prices are a serious threat to the EU’s production and may put further pressure on many supply chains that have already faced disruption; whereas the EU decision to halt all economic cooperation with Russia has worsen its own economic situation considerably, as inflation and energy prices are rising, energy supply is not secured, and risks in production failures increase the possibilities of insolvencies and job losses;
Amendment 34 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas even though the EU must gain more strategic independenceautonomy in different fields, including agricultural products, critical raw materials, semiconductors, medicines and health products, new digital technologies and energy production, this independence has not yet been achieved;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas Covid-19 restrictions, the Russian naval blockade and other external accidents as the Suez Canal obstruction have highlighted how much trade is dependent on transport; whereas transport and logistics management are of crucial importance for the supply of products, not least given the increasing degree of complexity of the transport chain;
Amendment 39 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. Whereas long term reliable supply chains should be environmentally, socially and economically sustainable; whereas a growing number of EU businesses have already taken voluntary initiatives to deploy due diligence processes; whereas EU businesses may face difficulties in this challenging time in matching the need to find new suppliers in a short time and the obligation to screen their production methods;
Amendment 41 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99 % of all EU businesses, 65 % of all EU jobs and more than 50 % of the EU’s economic output from the non-financial sector; whereas the lack of coordination and coherence among the large number of EU support actions designed for SMEs hinders their participation in the global supply chains and as a consequence their contribution to international trade;
Amendment 53 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that it is crucial to respond to the possible negative consequences of any external shocks with a coordinated approach at national and EU level; calls on the Commission to continue monitoring the supply chains, especially those which are at higher risk, and to develop a multifaceted strategy for each sector or product concerned in order to be able to promptly address current and future shortages; recalls the importance of avoiding passing from a given dependency to another dependency;
Amendment 64 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s dependence on imports from a small number of countries, especially in the case of wheat and ammonium, which is essential for fertilisers; notes that many non-EU countries have imposed food export restrictions as a response to the crisis; recalls that the EU should be much more autonomous in primary sector products in order to guarantee its security and avoid dependence on third parties; with a view to ensuring a self-sufficient, fair, resilient and sustainable agricultural model anchored in EU territories; stresses the need to recognize and promote the food sovereignty of EU Member States and their right to regulate their imports, exports and stocks to secure their own needs while keeping an open trade policy;
Amendment 77 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. SUnderlines that the EU is highly dependent on only few countries for critical raw materials, in particular on China which currently provides 98% of the EU’s supply of rare earth elements (REE); stresses that the war in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions on Russia have increased the difficulty of sourcing raw materials; takes note of the announcement of the forthcoming publication of the Critical Raw Materials Act during the 2022 State of the Union address; calls on the Member States and the Commission to enhance EU capacity for extraction, processing, recycling and refining of those critical raw materials present in the EU; underlines the importance to ensure the respect of high social, environmental and labour standards in the mining activities not only in the EU, but also in partner countries;
Amendment 113 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that medical supply chains can be strengthened by investing in skills, building health data infrastructure, and supporting regulatory framework and intellectual property policies that foster innovation and ensure affordable medicines; asks for the fast and transparent implementation of a database at EU level that could improve the coordination among Member States; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of reshoring the production for essential medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients to the EU; underlines the difficulties that a broad range of the pharmaceutical industries face in receiving EU funds related to R&D and production investments which are key to ensure that their products can respond to tomorrow’s needs;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. New digital technologies Underlines that new digital technologies are transforming digital trade facilitating new business models and reducing the geographical barriers of economic transactions; regrets that the EU is highly dependent on third countries for services such as edge and cloud computing whichare crucial to increase Europe’s data sovereignty as outlined in the EU DigitalStrategy; calls on the EU and the Member States to create favorable conditions for major investments in the research, development and deployment of next generation cloud and edge technologies; emphasizes that the brain- drain and the sell-off of technology industries to third countries must be prevented by appropriate trade policy and other measures, as technological knowledge must be preserved within the EU;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Takes note of the Commission proposal on the Single Market emergency instrument hoping that it can be useful to effectively respond to emergency situations in a coordinated manner in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the Single Market and the preservation of EU competitiveness;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the development of an EU toolbox of autonomous trade instruments, including an anti-coercion instrument, the foreign-direct-investment screening mechanism, the foreign subsidies instrument and the international procurement instrument as well as the creation of the post of Chief Trade Enforcement Officer (CTEO) to respond to these emerging challenges and protect EU competitiveness;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is convinced that an open trade policy without sanctions is compatible with protecting the EU strategic sectors and with an industrial policy that defends and enable EU resilience to a different range of external shocks and avoidance of economic dependencies on external actors; calls for the abolition of all economic and political sanctions and for the deepening of international economic relations with all partners, in particular regarding energy supply partnerships;
Amendment 135 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that the continuing rise in the cost of bureaucracy, particularly as a result of national or EU legislation such as the Supply Chain Act, places a particular burden on the export industry, which is dominated by SMEsfuture directive on Due Diligence or the German Supply Chain Act, places a particular burden on industries, in particular on SMEs; calls on the Commission to introduce a moratorium on bureaucracy and to postpone legislative projects that cause additional bureaucratic costs for businesses; calls for a so-called “bureaucracy brake” and to widen the "one in, one out" principle to a "one in, two out" rule in the medium term in order to effectively cut red tape;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Underlines that should be a priority for the EU to harmonize the existing instruments in support to SMEs to increase their awareness on the opportunities and risks of the international trade;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Member States to work towards a back stock of materials and increase transparency of supply chains by spending data, N-tier mapping, or both, as many of today’s most pressing supply shortages such as semiconductors occur in supplier sub-tiers; calls for national risk mitigation plans including finding new suppliers, redesigning networks, resetting inventory targets, keeping safety stocks, and sourcing locally or regionally
Amendment 140 #
2022/2040(INI)
9 c. Calls on the Member States, in close cooperation with the Commission and all interested stakeholders, to take coordinated measures with a view to adopting a strategic plan to upgrade their existing infrastructure for an efficient and timely supply of products;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that in cooperation with the Member States and international partners, the EU must guarantee freedom of the sea and trade routes and thus ensure access to raw materials, energy and export markets; calls on the Member States to get capacity on alternative routes in case logistics disruptions are likely as well as simulate the effects of regional demand shifts on production, examine the risks in supplier networks, labour, manufacturing, and delivery to determine if any part of the value chain is exposed to internal or external disruptions, and set up controls to minimize their effects;
Amendment 146 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines that enhancing EU industrial production capacities through dedicated public policies and favorable economic, social and environmental conditions would help to secure supplies and boost EU competitiveness;
Amendment 151 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the shortening of supply chains, in combination with other instruments, and the relocation to the EU of EU businesses’ production facilities in countries outside the blocwhich would lead to a reduction in emissions cause by transport, the improvement of the functioning of the internal market and the reduction of administrative barriers simultaneously; calls on the Member States and the Commission to provide financial incentives to EU businesses for reshoring their production facilities back to the EU;
Amendment 161 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Member States to stimulate and plan for extreme supply- and-demand disruptions, such as ordering components earlier than usual and allowing extra time for delivery, accounting for the higher cost of energy, materials, and transportation, and checking inventories of critical materials to reprioritize production should shortages seem inevitable;
Amendment 166 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the circular economy action plan is intended to help the EU to reduce its dependence on external players so as to support strategic autonomy in a wide range of sectors, including mining; emphasizes that this is an ongoing process and strategic autonomy is far from achieved;
Amendment 175 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that free trade agreements (FTAs) may be crucial to diversifying sources of supply and reducing the EU’s dependence on just a few countries; calls foron the EU to prioritise strategic FTAs, in particular with countries rich in raw materials such Chile, Australia, and India, with a particular focus on chapters on raw materials and energy, technical barriers to trade and regulatory cooperation; unterlines that a Bilateral Investment Agreement (BIA) with Taiwan will enhance supply-chain resilience in the semiconductor industry;
Amendment 182 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the launch of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in June 2021 and the EU-India agreement on launching a trade and technology council in April 2022; regards these initiatives as meaningful forums for addressing new challenges in the areas of trade, technology and security; calls on the Commission to include in the future EU-India TTC a working group dedicated to “secure supply chains” as in the case of the EU- US TTC in order to share good practices and find common solutions to common external dependencies; underlines that the decision taken at this level are not legally binding since the Commission has not any mandate to negotiate;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that all modes of transport have their role to play and that the modal shift cannot simply be imposed upon people but must be supported by people and be adapted to individual and geographical needs;
Amendment 195 #
2022/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights that urban infrastructure planning should contribute to a smart and sustainable transport transition, allowing for multimodality and ensuring quality of life in cities; recommends, in this regard, incorporating active mobility and micro- mobility, as well as underdeveloped sustainable transport modes,ll forms of mobility into sustainable urban mobility plans;
Amendment 204 #
2022/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages Member States and local authorities to join forces to promote and implement sustainable urban mobility plans, respecting the principle of subsidiarity; points out that the associated data collection and reporting should be feasible and proportionate to the effort required of and costs incurred by the actors involved.
Amendment 219 #
2022/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a reinforced approach to TEN- T urban nodes as being necessary to address missing links and poor connections that remain a major challenge; highlights, in particular, the need to reinforce seamless connectivity between rural, peri-urban and urban areas, with an interoperable infrastructure backbone of sustainable modes of transport, such as rail and inland waterways; welcomes, in this context, the development of sustainable urban mobility plans through urban nodes, as these can include measures to link sustainable modes of transport to other modes of transport; multimodal nodes can, for example, provide connections between rail and air transport, but also between rail and bus transport, car sharing and bike sharing services;
Amendment 237 #
2022/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Shares the view that more needs to be done for multimodal information systems and smart ticketing; stresses the importance of a seamless user experience for passengers in the search, selection and purchase of mobility services; underlines that in order to promote multimodal ticketing, sector-specific solutions should be considered and promoted;
Amendment 301 #
2022/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses that the transition to sustainable forms of mobility requires attractive ‘first and last mile’ solutions to ensure comfortable door-to-door services; stresses, in this context, that, especially in areas affected by urban sprawl, scheduled services should be complemented by flexible on-demand or sharing services, such as public on-demand bus services or e-scooter, e-bike or car-sharing services;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers it important and essential, not least in view of recent events and geopolitical tensions, to ensure more diversified supply chains and greater focus on the circular economy and stockpiling, especially in sensitive areas such as energy and public services;
Amendment 11 #
2022/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, in many Member States, SMEs are the economic foundation of the EU; emphasises that the twin transition needs the involvement of European industry; underlines the need to fully support SMEs in the twin transition by providing them with easier access to finance;
Amendment 22 #
2022/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; calls on the Commission to fully implement the principles of better regulation, less bureaucracy and ‘think small first’;
Amendment 43 #
2022/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out the particular importance of key commodities for the digital and green transition in the EU in view of the ongoing negotiations to conclude new bilateral free trade agreements or modernise existing trade agreements;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers it appropriate and necessary, in the light of recent events, for the EU to focus its trade policy even more on the Americas, especially Latin America and Africa;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Asks the Commission to analyse in detail the extent of our dependence on individual suppliers for raw materials, intermediate products and energy;
Amendment 98 #
2022/0365(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles and engines and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) and repealing Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009.
Amendment 112 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) This Directive sets out a zeroeks to set out a realistic pollution objective for air quality, so that within the Union air quality is progressively improved to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and natural ecosystems, as defined by scientific evidence, thus contributing to a toxic-freen environment with low levels of toxins at the latest by 2050.
Amendment 142 #
2022/0347(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall establish zones throughout their territory , including, where appropriate for the purposes of air quality assessment and management, at the level of agglomerations . Air quality assessmeasurement and air quality managessessment shall be carried out in all zones.
Amendment 46 #
2022/0000(INI)
Fa. whereas some European production sectors have been economically damaged by the Ukrainian crisis, there is a need for an extraordinary financial intervention in favour of the most affected companies;
Amendment 110 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) maintroduce qualified majority voting for certainain unanimity voting in the Council for all foreign policy areas, as already provided for in the Treaties, and strive to extend it in order to increase the effectiveness of EU foreign policyso as to safeguard the sovereignty of Member States to determine their own foreign policy based on their national interests;
Amendment 115 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 149 #
2022/0000(INI)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) increase the EU’s strategic sovereignty in specific areas that are fundamental to its continued pre-eminence on the international stage, for example investing more resources in the development of the most advanced technologies by achieving full security of energy supply, energy diversification and energy independence, prioritising the reduction of energy dependencies, ensuring supply chains are diversified and that there is reciprocity in trade exchanges, and ensuring the Union has food and agricultural sovereignty;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Indo-Pacific region has become a geopolitical and geoeconomic reality; whereas the global economy’s centre of gravity has shifted from the Atlantic to the Pacific; whereas many European countries have begun demonstrating a keen interest in playing a greater role in the Indo-Pacific, which was underlined in the EU Ministerial Forum for cooperation in the Indo- Pacific (Paris, February 2022);
Amendment 26 #
2021/2200(INI)
D. whereas geopolitical competition between the United States and China continues to rise with significant effects on global trade; whereas there is a clear rise of China which entails a critical element of the current global and regional uncertainties;
Amendment 28 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 37 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. Whereas European overseas territories could hold a very important geostrategic role in enhancing EU’s position and building upon strong cooperation with the neighbouring countries in the fields of connectivity, ocean governance, security and defence;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated a number of geopolitical trends that were already under way; whereas it also highlighted the need for international cooperation giving rise to intense geopolitical competition adding to increasing tensions on trade as well as in technological, political and security areas; whereas it has also shown vulnerabilities in the global supply chains and has made clear the need for more diversification;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas EU has expressed its interest in strengthening its role in the Ocean governance sphere in the Indo- Pacific, underlining the core role that EU member states could play in this regard - especially due the presence of France through its overseas territories-;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
G b. Whereas the EU and Member states could play a key role in fostering the sustainable management of the ocean’s resources in the Indo-Pacific region, safeguarding biodiversity, marine diversity and biological resources; underlines in this regards, the importance of various Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements in the region and the role that they could play in the fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU);
Amendment 74 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the role the EU and member states could play in the fight against deforestation; calls in this regard partners from the Indo-Pacific region to fully implement FLEGT agreements and to cooperate in the fight against illegal timber trade;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the European Commission while negotiating trade and investment agreements to always bear in mind the specificities of the EU overseas territories located in the Pacific and Indian Ocean and to promote and reflect their specific interest;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for continuing actions oriented at raising awareness among businesses and citizens of existing FTAs in the region and the opportunities they provide, with a special attention and support to SMEs; calls for strengthened technical and financial support where necessary to help partner countries to effectively implement FTAs, in particular the chapters on TSD;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the competence of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism in the area of maritime programming and an integrated maritime policy;
Amendment 7 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to the political agreement between Parliament and the Council of 11March 2021 on the Connecting Europe facility 2021-2027;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. wWhereas the EUEurope’s blue economy is a broad and fast-moving industry that has taken significant steps over the past decade to modernise and diversify itself, while providing 4.5 million direct jobs in sectors based in the marine environment and on landprovides 4.5million direct jobs. It encompasses all industries and sectors related to oceans, seas and coasts, whether they are based in the marine environment (e.g. shipping, seagoing passenger transport, fisheries, energy generation) or on land (e.g. ports, shipyards, coastal tourism, land-based aquaculture). It is a broad, fast-moving segment of our economy, which over the past decade has taken significant steps to modernise and diversify;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the preservation and restoration of marine ecosystems is essential for humankind as they are fundamental for global food security and human health, and as a source of economic activities including transport, trade, tourism, fisheries, renewable energy and health products, which should be based on the principle of sustainability;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. Whereas EU shipyards could seize the opportunities arising from the fast- growing markets of innovative energy- efficient service vessels that should significantly reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. Whereas Ports are crucial to the connectivity and the economy of regions and countries. As Europe´s industrial landscape changes (for example with the expansion of offshore renewable energy), the role of ports will evolve too;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. Whereas in coastal regions, developing green infrastructure will help preserve biodiversity, coastal ecosystems and landscapes, strengthening the sustainable development of tourism and of the coastal regions’ economy. These adaptation activities will become a new sector of the blue economy in its own right;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that the EU’s recovery efforts must be centred on sustainability, competitiveness and growth objectives;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Amendment 60 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU is maintaining technological leadership, retaining talent and producing clean energy while taking into account potential impacts on the marine environment;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls on the Commission and the industry to evaluate the benefit of establishing a European partnership for maritime transport to foster innovation within the sector, to contribute to decarbonisation, to create infrastructures for loading and supplying alternative fuels in ports and cargo terminals, and to develop waste management plans for Atlantic and Mediterranean ports;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to complete priority projects withincluded in the Ttrans-European Ttransport Nnetwork (TEN-T), in particular projects involving for the Atlantic, the and Mediterranean andSea, especially in cross- border areas, while promoting the full development of the TEN-T motorways of the sea and the connection of islands to the mainland; and in the context of the future TEN-T guidelines and the Connecting Europe Facility (2021-2027), to promote and invest in the full development of the TEN-T motorways of the sea connecting islands to the mainland and a comprehensive multimodal transport system; it is essential to create seamless transport chains for passengers and cargo across all transport modes; believes that projects should pay particular attention to the special connectivity and accessibility needs of peripheral, islands and outermost regions of the Atlantic and Mediterranean; stresses the need to give priority, where geographically feasible, to the most sustainable modes of transport such as rail, maritime and inland waterways transport;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to include sustainable maritime, island and coastal tourism in related actions and programmes, to support initiatives that encourage the diversification of coastal, maritime and marine tourism, help make tourist activities and employment less seasonal;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
(2) Underlines the importance of yachting and sailing for maritime tourism, the importance of beach and underwater tourism, water sports, the cruise industry and the role of local culture and gastronomy in the development of European coastal tourism;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 a (new)
Citation 38 a (new)
— having regard to Article 140(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 b (new)
Citation 38 b (new)
— having regard to Articles 114 and 127(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 c (new)
Citation 38 c (new)
— having regard to the ECB´s Targeted Review of Internal Models, published in April 2021;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the BU is open to all EU Member States, provided the conditionality of meeting the ERM II requirements;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas a Banking Union requires first and foremost accelerated efforts by various Member States to reduce their high levels of non-performing loans and prevent their increase in the future;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas sound public finances are a necessary condition for the macro- financial stability of the Banking Union;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the near zero interest rates greatly reduce the profitability of banks in one of their most important areas of business activity, the provision of credit for long-term investments;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the problems of the banking sector mayare likely to worsen after the temporary support measures introduced during the COVID-19 crisis are lifted;
Amendment 57 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas some financial institutions in the BU are heavily invested in the debt of their own home sovereign, with total sovereign exposure of banks in the euro area currently amounting to EUR 2.9 trillion, i.e. a substantial 9% of total assets, including EUR 2.1 trillion claims on domestic governments; whereas sovereign risk on bank balance sheets has still not been tackled, in contrast to other risk mitigation measures introduced by the Banking Union; whereas the pandemic´s surge in public debt highlights the need for reform;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the rolestability of the banking sector, including strong capital buffers, is crucial to the recovery and transition to a low-carbon economy;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there is a need for effective anti-money laundering supervisionare still important loopholes in the EU AML framework, such as the explicit exemption of the non- profit sector from anti-money laundering reporting and transparency requirements as non-obliged entities, even though certain non-profit organisations and other non-financial entities operate with larger amounts of money than numerous European banks;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas consumers, investors and all depositors should be well protectedArticle 169 of the TFEU states that EU measures shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent consumer protection measures provided that they are compatible with the Treaties; in this way EU law provides a common basic level of protection for all consumers residing in the EU; recalls that there is no consistent and uniform definition of consumer protection in EU law, which justifies divergences amongst the Member States;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas in carrying out its supervisory activities, the ECB has so far failed to take the proportionality principle sufficiently into account;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that onthe goal of the BU is the security of the banking system and the prevention of bank bailouts by taxpayers; supports efforts to strengthen the BU; stresses that a solid BU will result in increased confidence in the banking sectortresses that increased confidence in the banking sector requires accelerated efforts by various Member States to reduce their high levels of non-performing loans and to prevent their increase in the future;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the Commission assessed in the 2020 Country Specific Recommendations for Croatia that despite several Action Plans, issues of corruption and conflicts of interest remain widespread in Croatia, and that further efforts to strengthen the prevention and sanction of corruption are needed to ensure the transparent and efficient use of public funds; recalls that Article 140(1) TFEU requires the Commission and European Central Bank’s convergence reports to take account of 'other factors' relevant to economic integration and convergence, such as corruption; recalls that the Commission criticised Bulgaria in its 2020 Rule of Law report for its disregard for the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary; concludes that Bulgaria and Croatia are not ready for accession to the Banking Union;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the relatively good performance of banks during the COVID- 19 crisis is related to the policies implemented by the Member States during the pandemic, as well as to temporary measures under Regulation (EU) 575/2013 (Capital Requirements Regulation), proving that equity and not debt is the solution to solve crises and build up resilience against economic and financial shocks;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Expresses deep concern about the findings of the ECB´s Targeted Review of Internal Models, published in April 2021, which shows that the biggest euro area banks have repeatedly been too optimistic in their risk-modelling, confirming longstanding suspicions among regulators and analysts that larger banks have often artificially inflated the strength of their balance sheets by underestimating the riskiness of their assets, giving them a short-term advantage over more cautious competitors; is alarmed that the Review resulted in more than 5.800 deficiencies and 253 supervisory corrections of internal models by the ECB, which pushed up the banks’ risk-weighted assets by EUR 275 billion, a 12 per cent increase in the models examined, which reduced their average common equity tier one ratios by 0.71 percentage points;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Deplores the ECB´s role in massively inflating the money supply and expanding its balance sheet up to over 80% of euro area GDP; recalls that banks in the northern euro area hold a disproportionately high amount of deposits with the ECB, and pay disproportionately high penalty interest to the ECB; by contrast, banks in the southern euro area benefit disproportionately from the negative interest rates on TLTRO loans;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that the Targeted Long Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs) further zombify the European economy and deteriorate the real income prospects, especially of young Europeans;
Amendment 164 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Is concerned about the high levels of legacy non-performing exposures many institutions had, even before the pandemic;
Amendment 184 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 191 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Notes the accelerated pace of digitalisation in the banking sector; looks forward to the further development of DORA and its effect on digital operational resilience for the financial sector; calls on the ESAs and ENISA to step up their efforts in monitoring and mitigating the risks concerning third country ICT third parties, if these third-parties have or are suspected of having ties to foreign governments or foreign militaries;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that there is a prospect ofCalls for the gradually phasing out of emergency measures and returning to pre-COVID-19 capital requirements;
Amendment 206 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Takes the view that supervision continues to focus solely on credit risk, underestimating the importance of financial risk;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Recalls that total sovereign exposure of banks in the euro area currently amounts to EUR 2.9 trillion, i.e. a substantial 9% of total assets, and that claims on domestic governments account for the bulk of that with EUR 2.1 trillion;
Amendment 230 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Is concerned that as Member States sell increasing amounts of sovereign bonds, their share in banks’ balance sheets grows, potentially aggravating the doom loop; points out that this trend is exacerbated by the zero risk weight assigned to sovereign exposures that incentives excessively large positions in sovereign exposures; stresses the need to modify incentives for banks so that they scale back their investment in public bonds, by introducing non-zero risk weights for sovereign exposures;
Amendment 232 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Stresses that the rising public debt levels following the pandemic make an appropriate treatment of sovereign exposures more pressing;
Amendment 239 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the transition to a low- carbon economy presents new challenges and risks related to the preference for sustainable investments; stresses the need for an in-depth analysis of the economic efficiency of and the consequences of oversubsidising sustainable investments in order to avoid a future bubble of green assets; calls for clear guidelines for banks based on economic data;
Amendment 271 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses the importance to consider the impact of potentially rising interest rates on banks’ balance sheets;
Amendment 272 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on the ECB to end its stimulus packages immediately, including phasing out TLTRO;
Amendment 273 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Is concerned that loose monetary policy contributes to lower long-term economic growth and creates an incentive to delay the implementation of necessary structural reforms;
Amendment 274 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Indicates thaExpressed deep concern about the trend towards increased consolidation in the banking sector, which is likely to increase further as a result of the pandemic; recognises the challenges posed to banking supervision by large systemically important institutions, whose possible problems may affect financial stability in many jurisdictions; regrets in this respect the calls of Andrea Enria to further latinise the European banking market through consolidation; rejects this pathway to institutionalising the risk of 'too big to fail'; proposes rather to break up banks, instead of consolidating them;
Amendment 280 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses that strict application of the proportionality principle is key in banking supervision, especially for smaller institutions;
Amendment 281 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Amendment 282 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Stresses the benefits of a diversified banking sector in Europe, composed of banks with different business models, legal structures and sizes;
Amendment 289 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes the problems and challenges related to home/host issues; points out that greater market integration requires credible safeguards in EU law for host Member States;
Amendment 295 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need for an effective anti- money laundering supervisionory framework; notes the Commission’s adoption of the anti-money laundering (AML) package of proposals; regrets the further explicit exemption of non-profit organisations from the anti-money laundering transparency and reporting requirements as non-obliged entities, in spite of numerous reports by FATF, Europol and the European Court of Auditors asking for more scrutiny on the non-profit sector, as entities which are prone to be used as vehicles for money laundering and terrorist financing;
Amendment 302 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Requests increased transparency standards in banking supervision, for instance in the outcomes of the supervisory review and evaluation process, in order to reinforce the trust of capital and financial markets, companies and citizens, as well as to ensure consistency of treatment across Member States; welcomes improved and refined information-sharing between supervisory institutions;
Amendment 313 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the supervisory authorities to monitor financial risks closely, in particular those linked to the shadow banking system, and to take appropriate steps wherever necessary; calls on the supervisory authorities, further, to monitor closely aspects linked to the professionalism of and generational change in governance, in particular in the smallest banks;
Amendment 316 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Amendment 333 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Believes that the Banking Union will further disintegrate due to moral hazard and lead to a permanent Transfer Union if mechanisms such as the backstop for the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) and a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) are implemented; regrets that insufficient progress in risk reduction in some member states serves as an argument for mutualisation of deposit insurance schemes, creating incentives for some member states not to reduce risk, or even to engage in even more excessive risk-taking; points out that the absence of a proper impact assessment of the EDIS proposal is fundamentally at odds with the principles of sound governance;
Amendment 343 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Requests increased transparency standards in banking resolution, for instance in the outcomes of the resolution review and evaluation process, in order to reinforce the trust of capital and financial markets, companies and citizens, as well as to ensure consistency of treatment across Member States;
Amendment 356 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that the SSM and the SRM operate at EU level, while deposit guarantee schemes (DGSs) are operated at national level; recognises that a European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS) would improve protection for depositors in the EUunderlines that depositors across the Banking Union are exposed to varying levels of credit, market and operational risk, which justifies varying levels of protection;
Amendment 369 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Regrets that insufficient progress in risk reduction in some Member States serves as an argument for mutualisation of deposit insurance schemes, creating incentives for some Member States not to reduce risk, or even to engage in even more excessive risk-taking; points out that the absence of a proper impact assessment of any EDIS proposal is fundamentally at odds with the principles of sound governance;
Amendment 384 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the main obstacles for EDIS are concerns about risks in somUnderlines that depositors across the bBanking systems; stresUnion are exposesd that the implementation of credible and effective risk reduction measures could enable an agreement on EDISo varying levels of credit, market and operational risk, which justifies varying levels of protection;
Amendment 393 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Points out that any EDISfurther harmonisation of deposit insurance schemes should take into account clear rules for the participation or non- participation of non-euro area Member States;
Amendment 397 #
2021/2184(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Recalls that gold is money and fiat is debt; welcomes the fact that the German Bundesbank, for the first time since the introduction of the euro, has started to buy gold, thereby taking the necessary precautions for the inevitable; welcomes the fact that the Polish central bank has repatriated its gold reserves; welcomes the recent statement by the Dutch Central Bank that if there were to be a major monetary reset, gold stock can serve as a basis to rebuild the global monetary system; highly welcomes the decision of central bank of Hungary to treble its gold reserves to more than 94.49 tons; underlines that gold bolsters confidence in the stability of the central bank’s balance sheet and creates a sense of security; calls, therefore, on all national central banks, especially those in the euro area, to hold on to sufficient amounts of physical gold, and repatriate any gold reserves currently kept outside the national borders;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes that, following a successful start in 2019, the Agency has continued to perform its role of EU authority responsible for issuing authorisations for placing railway vehicles on the market, single safety certificates for railway undertakings and ERTMS trackside approvals, as stated in the legal framework of the 4th Railway Package;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2136(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the Agency has the smallest budget among the transport agencies despite the outstanding environmental performance and other benefits of rail transport; stresses in particular that the Agency should not be put in a position where it feels compelled to request additional support from the Commission, due to inadequate financial means, especially at a time when railways are a policy priority of the European Union; calls for an increase of the budget of the Agency in order to provide it with the necessary means to enable it to act as an efficient authority andrailways are a policy priority of the European Union; calls for the Agency to fulfil its tasks, particularly those with regard to increasing competitiveness, improving safety and cross-border interoperability;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
– having regard to the Commission’s Springummer 2021 European Economic Forecast of 12 Ma7 July 2021,
Amendment 14 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission´s State Aid Scoreboard 2020,
Amendment 15 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
– having regard to the Joint Employment Report 2021,
Amendment 16 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 c (new)
Citation 19 c (new)
– having regard to the Commission´s report on taxation trends in the EU 2021,
Amendment 29 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas according to the Commission springSummer 2021 economic forecast, the drop in economic activity has been less than previously expected, thanksallegedly partly due to the emergency support measures designed to provide liquidity to businesses and protect the income and jobs of EU citizens;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the ratio of public debt to GDP in the EU is forecast at 94 % this year, while the euro area debt-to-GDP ratio is forecast to follow the same trend, rising to 102 % this year; whereas 7 Member States are expected to have debt-to-GDP ratios well in excess of 100 % in this year, with one Member States even going well over 200 %;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the ratio of public debt to GDP in the EU is forecast at 94 % this year, while the euro area debt-to-GDP ratio is forecast to follow the same trend, rising to an alarming 102 % this year;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas reference values of up to 3 % of planned or actual government deficit and 60 % of debt to GDP are defined by the TFEU; whereas Member States cannot be expected to enjoy the benefits of a stable, essentially northern currency, while at the same time applying southern budgetary and fiscal policies; whereas this has thus far led to a latinisation of the euro, rather than sound and responsible budgetary and fiscal policies across the Member States;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the European economy is recoveringGDP is increasing again from the devastating impact of the global pandemic; underlines that GDP growth is not necessarily a good indicator to assess the resilience and recovery of an economy; remains concerned about low growth potential compared to othernon-EU and non-euro area regions in the post- pandemic recovery;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is concerned about the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the European economy, trade, consumer trust, income inequalities and poverty, as well as the risk of regulatory overreach, a more permissive approach to sovereign debt issues and debt-financing of national budgets, and the rise of mass surveillance;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for ambitious cuts in public debt and for an ambitious overhaul of the debt-financing culture across the EU, if the common currency is to survive the next decade;
Amendment 84 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the roll-out of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) willintends to help to make EU economies and societies more sustainable, inclusive, resilient and better prepared for the green and digital transitions; notes that the facility, which is the centrepiece of the illegally EU debt-funded NextGenerationEU, will provide large- scale financial support to Member States of up to EUR 672.5 billion in grants and loans to finance reforms and investments, while at the same time binding Member States and future generations to pay back the loans and bear the interest due on the EU-issued bonds;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the NextGenerationEU programme is a one- off and should not serve as a precursor of a permanent, debt-funded programme;
Amendment 116 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the activation of the general escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact, and expects that it will remain activated at least until 2023 in order to allow increased public spending and debt financing of the Member States, which will only increase market volatility; urges the Commission and the Member States to focus rather on sustainable recovery from the consequences of the lockdown measures following the pandemic crisis and strengthen their economic and social resilience;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls the specific need to prepare an orderly break-up of the euro area; calls on the Commission to prepare withdrawal scenarios for Member States to leave the euro area, including a proposal for a Treaty change to make it possible to expel Member States from the euro area, when in persistent violation of SGP rules and in persistent TARGET-2 imbalance;
Amendment 125 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers it essential that the escape clause is repealed as soon as possible, and to reduce high public debt ratios to an absolute minimal value in the long term;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that coordination of national fiscal policies remains crucial in underpinning the recovery; notes that the overall fiscal stance, taking into account national budgets and the RRF, should remain supportive in 2021 and 2022;
Amendment 144 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that fiscal policy should remain agile and adjust to the evolving situation as warranted, and that a premature withdrawal of fiscal support should be avoided; further highlightsNotes that according to the Commission the expectation that economic activity will gradually normalise in the second half of 2021 and agrees that Member States’ fiscal policies should become more differentiated in 2022, duly taking into account the state of the recovery, fiscal sustainability and the need to reduce economic, social and territorial divergences;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the need to shift taxes from income to other sources, such as pollution, and from wealth of EU citizens to wealth of non-EU citizens, such as property within the EU or shares in European companies acquired by non-EU citizens; regrets in this regard that according the Commission´s 2020 report on taxation trends in the EU there has been no shift in taxation in the last 15 years;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Deplores the abuse of the crisis to further loosen monetary and fiscal policy, at both EU and Member State level, as well as the European Recovery Plan and its proposed partial debt-financing; recalls that debt-financing is prohibited under article 311 TFEU;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights that according to the Commission´s state aid scoreboard 2020, the Member States with the highest need for investment and the lowest state aid expenditure as percentage of GDP, are the Member States with the least fiscal space to invest, making these Member States heavily dependent on the EU debt- financed Next Generation EU Programme; stresses that this creates an enormous moral hazard; recalls that programmes like SURE and the Next Generation EU are one-offs;
Amendment 202 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that the lack of investment is not only a question of liquidity, but also of investors´ trust in institutions, including central banks and monetary policy; believes that the very accommodative interest policies, although they might provide favorable lending conditions to banks, discourage investments by keeping yields low, and encourages people to flee in non- productive fixed assets and financial instruments, which only benefit the very wealthy;
Amendment 218 #
2021/2061(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that youth unemployment in the EU averages 17.2 %, up to 30 % in Greece, over 34 % in Italy and 38.2 % in Spain; calls on the Commission to prioritize a holistic plan to tackle youth unemployment, including through measures to foster labour mobility within the EU for young EU citizens; calls on the Commission to put a moratorium on immigration from lower and unskilled non-EU nationals until at least EU average youth unemployment drops below 5 %;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas intermodal nodes, ports, and logistic terminals connecting rail freight, road and waterways along the TEN-T corridors play a decisive strategic role to increase the modal shift to sustainable freight transport and will require targeted long-term EU and national funding and investments;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas investments in high- quality rail infrastructure play a crucial role to increase the sustainability of transport in the core network and as well in the regional, urban, insular and peripheral dimension, with a particular benefit for touristic activities and connectivity;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the hydrogen infrastructure in the rail transport network will play a strategic role to allow for the replacement of non-electrified lines with hydrogen train services;
Amendment 129 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s sustainable and smart mobility strategy and supports its ambition to achieve a climate- neutral, digitalised, competitive and efficient transport sector; nevertheless believes that the strategy should further target the social needs of the workers and the economic sustainability of investments for the EU industry;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds that the modal shift goals to sustainable freight and passenger transport defined by the strategy may be achieved only with a modern well- functioning high quality cross-border network rail transport infrastructure; recommends that the Commission and the Member States adopt all possible measures to ensure the finalisation of key infrastructure projects in the TEN-T networks, including the cross-border sections, at the earliest foreseeable date;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reminds the detrimental impact that the COVID-19 pandemic had on businesses and operators in the transport and mobility related value chains, including tourism; therefore stresses the need to prioritise financial and regulatory measures to support the recovery of businesses and operators in the mobility and tourism sector with the aim to foster private investments in transport services;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to propose binding targets for public charging points as well as for hydrogen refuelling stations; believes that Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure2 should be transformed into a regulation; _________________ 2the uptake of clean alternative fuels and energy sources throughout all transport modes, while keeping in mind the already significant investments allocated by stakeholders in refuelling stations, especially those providing LNG, as per the requirements of Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure; believes that public and private investments should be mobilized to ensure the availability of clean refuelling and recharging infrastructure where there is a demand from customers and/or business case and the technology is available; OJ L 307 28.10.2014, p. 1.
Amendment 245 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that zero-emission fuels, such as clean hydrogen and synthetic fuels, should be used in accordance with the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle, mainly for those transport modes where direct electrification is not possible or not yet market-ready; recalls the importance of blue hydrogen technologies, in particular considering that market-deployed hydrogen possibilities for the various modes of transport are still limited;
Amendment 295 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the announced proposals on sustainable fuels for aviation and maritime; underlines that any use of biofuels needs to meet the EU sustainability criteria, which take life- cycle greenhouse gas emissions into accpolicy aiming at the reduction of the emissions in the maritime sector should remain a technology neutral one as the sector's path towards decarbonisation is yet to be clearly set ount;
Amendment 371 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify specific actions to support investments in sustainable local transport and railways in densely populated areas and/or with high seasonal and touristic value, and in rural, insular and mountain regions;
Amendment 405 #
2021/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to significantly increase their efforts to increase theboost investments in multimodal shmare of walking and cycling in urbant and connected passenger transport on a regional and rural areasban scale;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Identifies trade policy as a strategic geopolitical tool for the transatlantic agenda; highlights the need to identify joint actions based on shared interests and values in order to contribute to a global sustainable and inclusive economic recovery; stresses that ‘workers and wages’ and more resilient, shorter and responsible supply chains should be at the core of such an agenda;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 88 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages both sides to find a framework for joint action and look for selective agreements; underlines Europe's dependence on American infrastructure and tech services and calls for a stronger regulatory, greensustainable and digital partnership through the Trade and Technology Council and a coordinated approach to critical technologies, a carbon border adjustment mechanism andCBAM, a regulatory framework for big tech companies as well as digital and global taxes.;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the EU and the US sides to strengthen regulatory cooperation on pharmaceuticals in order to allow patients to have easier and faster access to essential medicines in both markets;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Underlines the current challenges the European and US industry are facing and stresses that a global level playing field is needed in order to grant a fair competition on the global market; calls to protect key industries against unfair competition from state-owned or state- subsidised investors and third countries competitors subject to less stringent climate and environment rules with significant inferior labour costs;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls to increase transparency and to improve consumer awareness of agri- food products in both EU and US markets; underlines that particular attention must be paid to new technological and digital innovation tools that can provide a contribution to the traceability of the supply chain and fight counterfeited foods;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Stresses that a few large, mainly US and EU, multinational groups control not only the market of technical means necessary for cultivation and farming, including seeds, but also the purchase and marketing of agricultural products and food. This concentration jeopardizes biodiversity, protection of territorial identity and freedom of choice of consumers, as well as food sovereignty.
Amendment 5 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that in 2020 China for the first time ranked as the EU’s largest partner for trade in goods, with the trade balance further deteriorating to the EU’s detriment, having the latter a trade deficit with China; highlights that the current EU- China Strategy in place has clearly resulted limited;
Amendment 11 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 27 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the increasingly unbalanced EU-China bilateral economic and trade relationship, which are marked by an asymmetry in market access and the absence of an effective level playing-field able to ensure fair access to the Chinese market for these EU producers and exporters as well as by the opposed social and environmental standards; stresses that rebalancing and a more level playing field are vital to EU interests;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Regrets that the efforts and the tools used by the EU have not resulted in tangible progress on human rights in China, not contributing in the ceasing of the prompt and negative evolution and deterioration of China as an international actor;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Repeats its deep concern about the many barriers that European businesses face when accessing and operating on the Chinese market as well as the unfair trading practices imposed by state-owned enterprises; is worried that China’s ‘dual circulation strategy’ referred to in its 14th Five Year Plan will further deteriorate the business environment for EU companies; highlights again its particular concern about the market distorting practices of Chinese state-owned enterprises, forced technology transfers and data localisation, industrial overcapacity in sectors such as steel and the related dumping of exports, and other unfair trading practices as well as the interferences in the democratic life of the EU by the attempts of Chinese state and non-state actors;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the adoption of a proposal for a Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market; hopes that that this instrument can secure a strong and competitive single market, strengthening the position of the EU and tackling the distortions caused by third countries-especially China- by increasing the level-playing field;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that China has not ratified four of the eight core ILO Conventions; condemns the continuous breaches of human and labour rights practiced by China, especially those related to Uighur abuses in Xinjiang region;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note with big concern of the conclusion at the political level of the EU- China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI); recalls that the CAI has to be considered in the context of a strengthened EU toolbox of unilateral measureswelcomes the suspension of the ratification of the such investment agreement and expects the Commission to consult with the Parliament before taking further steps towards its conclusion; underlines it will thoroughly scrutinise the agreement, including its sustainable development section, and take stock of the human rights context, before determining its position;
Amendment 73 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. In this sense, recalls the arbitrary and unlawful sanctions adopted by the People’s Republic of China against five members of the European Parliament, entities and think tanks, meant as a tool of intimidation; highlights that, due the latter Chinese sanctions, the role of the European Parliament for duly analysing the CAI has been jeopardised and further states that trade and investment relations need to be within the scope of human rights and the broader political relations;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the entry into force of the EU-China Agreement on geographical indications, and reiterates the importance of effective implementation of the Agreement.; regrets, nevertheless, that the Commission did not pursue from the beginning a more ambitious agenda by trying to cover a broader number of Geographical Indications;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is highly concerned about the global high dependence on Chinese supply chain that the current COVID19 pandemic has shown; further highlights the need for the EU to swift towards the reshoring and near shoring some strategical productions 1b; _________________ 1b“PostCovid-19 value chains: options for reshoring production back to Europe in a globalised economy”, published in 2020
Amendment 102 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Takes note of the important role that China is taking in the Asia-Pacific region, which has increased even more thanks to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP); underlines the fact that the RCEP is causing significant geopolitical shifts, challenging also the global position of the EU, by creating the world's largest trading bloc, covering nearly a third of the global economy;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the new EU Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials and stresses that EU trade policy can play a key role as a vehicle for improving EU access to these materials; notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the lack of resilience of global value chains for certain key products, showing the need for more robust and resilient supply chains for critical raw materials; underlines in this context that the Action Plan must aim at securing reliable supplies of critical raw materials necessary to ensure greater resilience of strategic supply chains for the transition to a green and digital economy;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that demand for raw materials is projected to double by 2050 and that the EU is highly reliant on non-EU countries for critical raw materials, making diversified sourcing essential to increase the EU’s security of supply; calls, therefore, on the Commission to diversify the supply sources of critical raw materials as much as possible, and reduce current reliance on a few countries; stresses that this goal should be achieved by strengthening existing partnerships and trade agreements and building new strategic agreements with resource-rich countries, including developing countries and the Western Balkans in particular, in accordance with clearly defined priorities; calls on the Commission to focus also on securing supplies by establishing strategic stocks and appropriate stockpiling of critical raw materials in Europe, particularly in light of the uncertainties linked to the evolution of the geopolitical situation worldwide and the potential trade tensions with rich non- EU producer countries; notes in this regard that a deterioration of the trade relationship with China could have a significant negative impact on the EU-supply of certain critical raw materials;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that future EU free trade agreements (FTAs) should include a specific focus on raw materials; calls on the Commission to further enhance the enforcement of FTAs to ensure that commitments and obligations on sourcing of critical raw materials are met by trading partners; underlines that this should be among the priority tasks of the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer; calls on the Commission to strengthen cooperation on sustainable sourcing of raw materials with third countries under existing EU policies and instruments, including enlargement, neighbourhood, development and cooperation policies;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that strengthening circular economy inside the EU and improving EU’s recycling rates for critical metals and minerals required in green and digital technologies could help Europe to improve its resilience in line with the drive for strategic open autonomy; notes in this regard that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention should be given to key supply chains where the EU’s dependence on critical raw materials is particularly high;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Stresses that sustainable trade and responsible mining and sourcing must remain cornerstones in the implementation of the EU’s Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials; calls for complementary measures such as banning the import of critical raw materials related to severe human rights violations such as forced labour or child labour;
Amendment 255 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) As signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the European Union and all Member States are legally obliged to ensure that persons with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to transport and the built environment (Article 9). Acknowledging that millions of persons with disabilities experience barriers to use transport, the European Commission has included the revision of the TEN-T Guidelines in its list of actions under aim 2. “Accessibility – an enabler of rights, autonomy and equality” of the Union Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030. With its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the EU has also committed to “making mobility fair and just for all” (Flagship 9), including by improving accessibility for passengers with disabilities, noting that transport proposals under this Strategy must also be compliant with the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030.
Amendment 281 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The comprehensive network should be sufficiently equipped with alternative fuels infrastructure in order to ensure that it effectively supports the transition to low- carbon and zero- emission mobility, in line with the milestones set in the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy.
Amendment 299 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Exemptions from the infrastructure requirements applicable to the core, extended core and comprehensive network should be possible only in duly justified cases and subject to certain conditions. This should include cases where investment cannot be justified, or where there are specific geographic or significant physical constraints, for example in outermost regions and other remote, insular, peripheral and mountainous regions or in sparsely populated areas, without creating prejudice to the interoperability across the network, or for isolated or partially isolated networks.
Amendment 325 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34 a (new)
Recital 34 a (new)
(34a) Whenever projects of common interest meet European added value by increasing sustainability, cohesion, efficiency or users’ needs, The Commission should assist the Member States in providing financial support to ensure infrastructure optimization, maintenance, consolidation and upgrading.
Amendment 345 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) To achieve transformation of the transport sector into a truly multimodal system of sustainable and smart mobility services, the Union should build a high quality transport network with rail services meeting minimum line speed. Competitive passenger rail has a high potential for the decarbonisation of transport. There is the need to develop a coherent and interoperable European high speed rail network linking its capitals and major cities. Complementing existing high speed lines with passenger lines at a minimum line speed of 160 km/h should in return lead to network effects, a more coherent network and an increased number of passengers travelling by rail. The completion of a high-performance network will also facilitatencourage the development and introduction of new or differentand improved models of capacity allocation, for example interval- service timetables and short-term ad hoc allocation, enabled by the Timetable Redesign (TTR) initiative.
Amendment 354 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) A more sustainable, resilient and reliable rail freight network across Europe should be established to contribute to the competitiveness of multimodal and combined transport. The infrastructure for combined railway transport and of terminals should be upgraded to ensure that intermodal transport is primarily done by rail, inland waterways or short-sea shipping and that any initial and/or final legs carried out by road are as short as possible.
Amendment 357 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Given the fact that the deployment of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) in Europe is accelerating, and, both on board and track side equipment, in Europe is in need of acceleration, whilst recognizing that several Member States have already adopted plans to deploy ERTMS on their entire national rail networks by 2040, there is a need to take account of this paradigm shiftslow progress to date and set a more ambitious ERTMS deployment deadlinestrategy for the comprehensive network covering trackside and on board deployment.
Amendment 365 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) ERTMS should be deployed in a continuous and synchronised manner not only on the core network, extended core network and comprehensive network, including in the urban nodes, but also on access routes to multimodal terminals. This will enable operations with ERTMS only and boost the business case of railway undertakings.
Amendment 369 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 a (new)
Recital 42 a (new)
(42a) The extended and enhanced infrastructure requirements for transport, and rail in particular, require proportionate and sufficient investments, also beyond the multiannual financing framework of 2021-2027. Further generations of Connecting Europe Facility shall address these needs.
Amendment 373 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 b (new)
Recital 42 b (new)
(42b) Taking into account the considerable costs for the completion of the TEN-T, other sources of co-funding should be available, including Recovery and Resilience Facility, Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Fund, Horizon Europe and European Structural, Investment Funds as well as Emissions Trading System (ETS). National Funds are key in ensuring the timely completion of TEN-T. Each Funding Programme should clearly prioritise its financing objectives.
Amendment 374 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42 c (new)
Recital 42 c (new)
(42c) Whereas the Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy sets ambitious targets in terms of high speed network [doubling high-speed rail traffic volume by 2030 and tripling it by 2050], the TEN-T Regulation should focus among others on ensuring the rail high- speed connectivity between capitals and major cities of Europe.
Amendment 381 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 a (new)
Recital 44 a (new)
(44a) While the European Coordinator for ERTMS in close collaboration with national entities should facilitate and promote ERTMS governance ensuring the timely and harmonised deployment, including governing funding, National Implementation Plans (NIP) planning, resourcing, market uptake, migration and transition of systems, European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) should ensure coherence and consistency in ERTMS deployment and funding taking into account the advice of the European Union Agency for Railways that remains the system authority for ERTMS development.
Amendment 386 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 b (new)
Recital 44 b (new)
(44b) ERTMS deployment , trackside and on board, should be fully funded in order to incentivise ambitious ERTMS deployment strategies in the Member States and reach in a reasonable time the system benefits that ERTMS can bring.
Amendment 387 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44 c (new)
Recital 44 c (new)
(44c) Passengers should have a seamless user experience when searching, selecting and buying their railway services. In order to achieve seamless ticketing, sector-based solutions should be supported and considered as the starting point when improving multimodal ticketing, CER Ticketing Roadmap as an example.
Amendment 399 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Being the entry and exit points for the land infrastructure of the trans- European transport network, maritime ports play an important role as cross-border multimodal nodes which serve not only as transport hubs, but also as gateways for trade, industrial clusters and energy hubs, for example with regard to the deployment of off-shore wind installations. Given the strategic role of ports for resilient supply chains, for the diversification of energy supply and for energy security, its importance for the respective Member State, in terms of cohesion, geopolitical position, energy transition and added- value to the region, should be considered in addition to traffic volumes for the inclusion in the TEN-T network;
Amendment 407 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)
Recital 46 a (new)
(46a) Maritime ports play a key role in the import, export, storage, distribution and production of energy. Synergies between TEN-T and TEN-E should be maximised to ensure the coherence and comprehensiveness of the networks. The importance of maritime ports for energy security, energy supply and distribution should be considered when assessing their role for the TEN-T network;
Amendment 456 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59 a (new)
Recital 59 a (new)
(59a) The TEN-T Core Network should remain the backbone for the deployment of LNG infrastructure, and progressively for liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG), as it covers the main traffic flows and allows cross border connectivity throughout the Union. Member States should make sure that public refuelling facilities are set up, at least along the existing TEN-T Core Network, within adequate distances taking into account the minimum range of (bio- )LNG heavy-duty motor vehicles and vessels, while developing national networks for the supply of (bio-)LNG to those vehicles and vessels.
Amendment 463 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59 c (new)
Recital 59 c (new)
(59c) As there is currently no economically viable zero-emission powertrain technology available, a variety of fuels and propulsion systems will be needed for the decarbonisation of the maritime industry. With an always growing LNG fleet in operation, LNG, and progressively bio-LNG, is likely to play a continued role in maritime transport, where LNG offers immediate local emissions improvements and GHG reductions, enabling the shipping industry to start immediately its transition to carbon neutrality.
Amendment 470 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Taking stock of the experience with regard to the crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic25 and in order to avoid traffic disruptions and contingencies in future, Member States should take into account the security and resilience of the transport infrastructure to climate change, natural hazards, human-made disasters and other disruptions affecting the functioning of the Union transport system, when planning infrastructure. To that aim, other criteria beyond traffic volumes should be considered and the European Transport Corridors should also include important diversionary lines which can be used in case of congestion or other problems on the principal routes. In addition, due to their multimodal nature, one mode can substitute the other in case of emergencies. __________________ 25 Communication on the implementation of the Green Lanes under the Guidelines for border management measures to protect health and ensure the availability of goods and essential services; C(2020)1897 final (OJ C 96 I, 24.3.2020, p. 1) and Communication of 28 October 2020 from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on “upgrading the transport Green Lanes to keep the economy going during the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence”; COM(2020)685 final.
Amendment 477 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) While maintenance is and will remain the main responsibility of the Member States, it is important that the trans-European transport network – once built – is properly maintained to ensure a high quality of services. A life cycle approach should be followed when planning and procuring infrastructure projects. Maintenance works should be conducted in compliance with Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/2075.
Amendment 496 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70 a (new)
Recital 70 a (new)
(70a) Rail passenger services should become a more attractive option for longer-distance journeys and rail high speed services have proven in many European countries their attractiveness. While being easier to use and 15 times more energy efficient, high-speed rail services are superior in terms of duration, convenience and comfort of traveling, up to distances of 1200 km versus other modes of transport. The European distances are particularly suitable to this mode of transport and most EU Capitals, major cities and metropolitan areas could be interconnected thanks to high speed. However, the current European network is fragmented and mainly made up of “national high-speed islands” and there is an urgent need to develop a EU High- Speed Network with a larger number of connections between all EU Capitals, major cities and metropolitan areas. This is vital to reach the objective of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy which aims to double High Speed rail traffic by 2030 and triple by 2050. The advantages of high-speed rail versus other transport modes are as follows: 1. transport capacity : high-capacity transport capable of covering long distances, 2. energy consumption : extremely low energy consumption per passenger, 3. emissions : extremely low emission footprint in case of electric traction, 4. Permanent noise pollution : significantly better parameters than road and aviation transport, 5. infrastructure spatial requirements :significantly lower space demand (per transported volume) than road transport,6. travel comfort : being able to provide a very high standard, 7. travel time: up to 1200 km, High Speed Rail can successfully compete with air transport,8. Safety: high-speed rail is one of the safest modes to travel.
Amendment 500 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) Taking into account the Union Action Plan on Military Mobility of March 201827 the Commission should assess the need to adapt the trans-European transport network to reflect the military use of the infrastructure. Based on the gap analysis between the trans-European transport network and the military requirements28 additional roads and railways and maritime infrastructure should be included in the trans-European network to enhance the synergies between civilian and military transport networks. __________________ 27 Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on the Action Plan on Military Mobility (JOIN(2018)05 final). 28 Joint Staff Working Document on the updated Gap Analysis between the military requirements and the trans-European transport network requirements, 17 July 2020, (SWD(2020) 144 final).
Amendment 533 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. This Regulation identifies projects of common interest and specifies the requirements to be complied with for the development and implementation of the infrastructure of the trans-European transport network.
Amendment 534 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. This Regulation provides for measures for the implementation of the trans-European transport network. The implementation of projects of common interest depends on their degree of maturity, the compliance with Union and national legal procedures, and the availability of financial resources, without prejudging the financial commitment of a Member State or of the Union.
Amendment 537 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘upgrade’ means activities that have to be taken in order for the infrastructure to meet the customers’ needs;
Amendment 554 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) 'urban node' means an urban area where elements of the transport infrastructure of the trans-European transport network, such as ports including passenger terminals, airports, railway stations, bus terminals, logistic platforms and facilities, train turnaround terminals and freight terminals, located in and around the urban area, are connected with other elements of that infrastructure and with the infrastructure for regional and local traffic;
Amendment 569 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) 'multimodal freight terminalhub' means a structure equipped for transhipment between at least two transport modes, that allows for the performance of 'multimodal transport’ defined in Article 3, point (n) of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, or between two different rail systems, and for temporary storage of freight, such as terminals in inland or maritime ports, along inland waterways, in airports as well as rail road terminals, including multimodal logistics platforms as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2021/1153;
Amendment 591 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point w
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point w
(w) 'European Rail Traffic Management System' (ERTMS) means the system defined in the Annex, point 2.2, to the Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/91938 ;. In addition, whenever ERTMS is mentioned in the context of implementation deadlines, then ERTMS refers to the two existing ERTMS parts ETCS and GSM-R/GPRS/FRMCS. __________________ 38 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/919 of 27 May 2016 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘control-command and signalling’ subsystems of the rail system in the European Union (OJ L 158, 15.6.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 598 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point x
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point x
(x) 'radio-based ERTMS’ means ERTMS of level 2 or level 3 that uses radio to pass movement authe radio based train control system ETCS application level 2 or level 3 that can be used with/without a class B system and with orities to the without lineside signals and uses radio (GSM-R/GPRS/FRMCS) to pass all safety and non-safety related data exchange between track & train pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/91939;. __________________ 39 Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/919 of 27 May 2016 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘control-command and signalling’ subsystems of the rail system in the European Union (OJ L 158, 15.62016, p.1).
Amendment 600 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(xa) Rail passenger transport is the type of rail transport whose principal purpose of the service is to carry passengers between stations, and if it is international, between stations located in different Member States and/or third countries; the train may be joined and/or split, and the different sections may have different origins and destinations. For rail passenger transport to be international, all or part of the coaches have to cross at least one border;.
Amendment 601 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point x b (new)
(xb) Rail freight transport is the type of rail transport whose principal purpose of the service is to transport cargo. International rail freight transport crosses at least one border of a Member State; this train may be joined and/or split and the different sections may have different origins and destinations, provided that the whole train or part of the train crosses at least one border;
Amendment 605 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z
(z) ‘maritime port’ means an area of land and water made up of such infrastructure and equipment so as to permit, principally, the reception of waterbornesea- going vessels, their loading and unloading, the storage of goods, the receipt and delivery of those goods and the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers, crew and other persons and any other infrastructure necessary for transport operators within the port area;
Amendment 608 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z a (new)
(za) ‘managing body of the port’ means any public or private body which, under national law or instruments, has the objective of carrying out, or is empowered to carry out, at a local level, whether in conjunction with other activities or not, the administration and management, building, management and maintenance of the port infrastructure and one or more of the following tasks in the port concerned: the coordination of port traffic, the management of port traffic, the coordination of the activities of the operators present in the port concerned, and the control of the activities of the operators present in the port concerned;
Amendment 609 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z b (new)
(zb) ‘port infrastructure’ means infrastructure and facilities for the provision of transport related port services, for example berths used for the mooring of ships, quay walls, jetties and floating pontoon ramps in tidal areas, internal basins, backfills and land reclamation, alternative fuel infrastructure and infrastructure for the collection of ship-generated waste and cargo residues;
Amendment 610 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point z c (new)
(zc) ‘port superstructure’ means surface arrangements (such as for storage), fixed equipment (such as warehouses and terminal buildings) as well as mobile equipment (such as cranes) located in a port for the provision of transport related port services;
Amendment 619 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a k
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a k
(ak) 'socio-economic cost-benefit analysis' means a quantified ex-ante evaluation, based on a recognised methodology, of the value of a project, taking into account all the relevant social, economic, climate-related and environmental benefits and costs as well as potential disruptions caused by the project. The analysis of climate-related and environmental costs and benefits shall be based on the environmental impact assessment carried out pursuant to Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council46 ; __________________ 46 Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ L 26, 28.1.2002, p. 1).
Amendment 632 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) enabling greater use of more sustainable modes of transport, including by but not limited to further developing a long-distance rail passenger network at high speed and a fully interoperable rail freight network, a reliable inland waterway, lakes, and short-sea shipping for passengers and freight network across the Union;
Amendment 673 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vii a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point c – point vii a (new)
(viia) greater coordination on infrastructure works between Member States.
Amendment 684 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point vi
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point d – point vi
(vi) offering alternative transport solutions and capacity, including on other modes, in case of network disturbances.
Amendment 694 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the deployment of alternative fuels recharging and refuelling infrastructure; easily accessible to users and, with regard to recharging infrastructure, capable of providing smart charging and V2G service. Transmission and distribution system operators shall have an active role in the recharge infrastructure planning, among others in terms of power and technologies to be installed, pools location and connectivity requirements;
Amendment 696 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the development of new infrastructure for the deployment of green vectors following the new scientific findings on the decarbonisation potential of alternative fuels, taking into account their life cycle analysis.
Amendment 698 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the taking into account of possible synergies with other networks, including active modes, and in particular the trans- European energy or telecommunication networks and the whole electric grid . Transmission and distribution system operators shall ensure consistency between the recharge infrastructure planning and the respective grid planning;
Amendment 709 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the adequate consideration of the resilience of the transport network and its infrastructure with regard to a changing climate as well as natural hazards and human-made disasters, as well as intentional disruptions with a view to addressing those challenges. Particular consideration should be given to critical infrastructure, in order to ensure supply in times of disruptions;
Amendment 718 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The comprehensive network shall consist of all existing and planned transport infrastructures of the trans-European transport network as well as measures promoting the efficient and socially and environmentally sustainable use of such infrastructure, outlined in Article 5, paragraph 1.
Amendment 734 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States will take all necessary actions so that projects continue to benefit from the upgrading of the existing infrastructure so as to ensure sufficient capacity and sustainable utilization to meet customers’ needs. Any decision of a Member State aiming at discontinuing investment or at downsizing an existing infrastructure, shall be based on a thorough and extensive socio- economic cost-benefit analysis, justifying that there is no more market demand for that infrastructure.
Amendment 736 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission may requirecommend to Member States by means of an implementing act to establish a single entity for the construction and management of cross-border infrastructure projects of common interest. The relevant European Coordinator shall have the status of observer in the management or supervisory board or in both of that single entity.
Amendment 754 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) Facilitate railway transport with third countries, such as Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership, Candidate countries, EEA countries, Switzerland and other third countries.
Amendment 761 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) (e) take into account the physical limitations and topographical particularities of Member States' transport infrastructures, as identified in the technical specifications for interoperability (TSIs).
Amendment 780 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) deploying the necessary infrastructure which ensures a seamless circulation of low-carbon and zero- emission vehicles;
Amendment 782 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) promoting the efficient and sustainable use of the infrastructure and, where necessary, increasing capacity; as well as ensuring that following the integration of ETCs and RFCs, sufficient capacity for rail passenger and freight is reserved on the corridors.
Amendment 785 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) keeping existing infrastructure operational and improving or maintainoptimizing, maintaining, consolidating and upgrading its quality in terms of safety, security, efficiency of the transport system and transport operations, climate and disaster resilience, environmental performance, and the continuity of traffic flows;
Amendment 793 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) Constructing new infrastructure, notably to increase capacity for more sustainable modes of transport in accordance with this Article, paragraph 1 (a).
Amendment 811 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the development of a high performance rail passenger network, fully interoperable and at high speed, connecting urban nodes across the Union and especially at a high speed all capitals and major cities, with the exception of networks that are isolated from the rest of the Union rail system;
Amendment 828 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) railway lines, both high speed and conventional, including:
Amendment 830 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – point vi a (new)
(via) railway ferry lines;
Amendment 864 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) provides a standard of at least P400 on a list of predefined international rail freight routes of the TEN-T network suitable to upgrade, established by the Member States upon consultation with the European Commission, the rail freight corridors and all rail operators in accordance with item 1.1.1.1.3.5 of Table 1 in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/77757 , without any additional requirement for special permission to operate services.; __________________ 57 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/777 of 16 May 2019 on the common specifications for the register of railway infrastructure and repealing Implementing Decision 2014/880/EU (OJ L 139I, 27.5.2019, p. 312).
Amendment 876 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) at the request of a Member State, in duly justified cases, other exemptions may be granted by the Commission by means of implementing acts in respect of the requirements referred to in paragraph 2. Any request for exemption shall be based on a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis that takes national transport infrastructure planning and especially a European corridor perspective into consideration, as well as and an assessment of the impact on interoperability. An exemption shall comply with the requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council58 , be coordinated and agreed with the neighbouring Member State(s) where applicable. __________________ 58 Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44).
Amendment 889 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c – paragraph 1
allows for a prevailing minimum operational line speed of 160 km/h for passenger trains on the passenger lines of the extended core network;, provided that there is a market need, and that the increase is not reducing the overall rail freight and rail passenger capacity. Special lines’ features as a result of topographical, relief or town- planning constraints, on which the speed must be adapted, should be taken into account.
Amendment 896 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point c – paragraph 2
When constructing or upgrading a passenger line of the extended core network or sections thereof, Member States shall perform a study to analyse the feasibility and economic relevance of higher speeds, including its impact on existing and planned freight traffic capacity, and build or upgrade the line to such higher speed where its feasibility and economic relevance are demonstrated and does not impact negatively on rail freight traffic.
Amendment 920 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. To comply with enhanced and new infrastructure requirements, notably with Article 15, paragraph 2 (e), Article 16, paragraph 2 (c), 4 (a) and 4(b), EU funding shall be sufficient to ensure their timely implementation.
Amendment 936 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ERTMS is equipped, whilst a synchronised and harmonised ERTMS deployment of tracksides and onboards is ensured;
Amendment 944 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) class B systems are decommissioned, unless technically required by the infrastructure managers in exceptional and justified cases while guaranteeing interoperability through ERTMS deployment in line with the timeline.
Amendment 961 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall ensure that on the railway infrastructure of the core network, the extended core network and the comprehensive network, including connections referred to in Article 14(1), point (d), as of 31 December 2025, in case of construction of a new line or upgrade of the signalling train protection part of a CCS subsystem being in service, when the upgrading changes the functions or the performance of the subsystem, radio-based ERTMS is being deployed.
Amendment 970 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6
Article 17 – paragraph 6
6. At the request of a Member State, only in duly justified cases, exemptions may be granted by the Commission by means of implementing acts in respect of requirements referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5. Any request for exemption shall be based on a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis and an assessment of the impact on interoperability, on track capacity as well as the railway sector’s implementation capacity and the Railway Supply Industry Readiness Level. An exemption shall comply with the requirements of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council59 , be coordinated and agreed with the neighbouring Member State(s) where applicable. The exemptions granted by the Commission shall take duly consider the deployment progress along the whole Network and shall not endanger the deployment with the deadlines set. The exemptions shall duly consider the necessary operational maintenance. The exemptions shall also reflect the availability of national and European fundings. __________________ 59 Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 44).
Amendment 981 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Member States should timely inform the concerned parts about ERTMS deployment before the ETCS trackside deployment and before the decommissioning of class B systems. A shorter period is allowed if this is agreed between the IMs and the concerned actors and duly notified to the Member State through the ERTMS National Implementation Plan aiming at ensuring the synchronised and harmonised trackside/on-board ERTMS national deployment.
Amendment 987 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. The European Commission shall ensure regulatory alignment of this Regulation and the Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI CCS and TSI INF) implying the alignment of provisions as well as the effective implementation.
Amendment 1000 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that, by 31 December 2030, the quality of services provided by infrastructure managers to, railway undertakings, and terminal operators technical and operational requirements for infrastructure use and procedures related to border controls shall do not prevent the operational performance of rail freight services along the rail freight lines of the European Transport Corridors from meeting the following target values:
Amendment 1016 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) mitigating the impact of noise and vibration caused by rail transport, in particular through measures for rolling stock and for infrastructure, including noise protection barriers provided that there is a cost-benefit analysis; noise should be treated at a system level ;
Amendment 1023 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) upgrading relevant parts of the port rail networks to enable seamless rail freight operations;
Amendment 1028 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) As a long term perspective, subject to socio-economic costs and benefits analysis, developing of infrastructure for train length above 740 m and up to 1500 m and 25.0 t axle load when constructing and modernising railway lines relevant for freight traffic; and should be also backed by possibilities of European funding.
Amendment 1030 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) developing and deploying innovative technologies for railways, building in particular on the work of the Shift2Rail and Europe’s Rail Joint Undertakings, notably automatic train operation, advanced traffic management, and digital connectivity for passengers and freight based on ERTMS and digital automatic couplings as well as 5G connectivity; the development of Digital Capacity Management in both hardware and software applications should be supported.
Amendment 1043 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) developing innovative alternative fuels technologies for railways, such as hydrogen, with the condition of an economically viable business case for sections that are exempted from the electrification requirement.
Amendment 1049 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Gradual introduction of innovative technologies including FRMCS infrastructure at least on the Core and Extended Core Networks.
Amendment 1119 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point k a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 3 – point k a (new)
(ka) pipelines inside the port area used for the transport of energy sources and other liquid or gaseous products;
Amendment 1138 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 4 – point d b (new)
(db) it is of geopolitical strategic importance and part of national strategic plans in terms of emergency supply chains, military mobility or energy security.
Amendment 1148 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) alternative fuels infrastructure is deployed by the managing bodies of the port in maritime ports of the comprehensive network in full compliance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) […] [on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure];
Amendment 1149 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) maritime ports of the comprehensive network are equipped by the managing bodies of the port with the necessary infrastructure to improve the environmental performance of ships in ports, among others reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council61 ; __________________ 61 Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships, amending Directive 2010/65/EU and repealing Directive 2000/59/EC (OJ L 151, 7.6.2019, p. 116).
Amendment 1152 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) Maritime ports of the comprehensive network continue to benefit from the maintenance and upgrading of the existing infrastructure so as to ensure sufficient capacity and sustainable utilisation to meet customers’ needs.
Amendment 1156 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the managing bodies of the port connect the maritime ports of the comprehensive network will be connected with the rail and road infrastructure and, where possible, inland waterways, except where specific geographic or significant physical constraints prevent such connection;
Amendment 1157 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1169 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) construction, maintenance or upgrading basic port infrastructure, such as internal basins, alternative fuels infrastructure, quay walls, berths, jetties, docks, dykes, backfills and land reclamation;
Amendment 1178 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) promoting zero and low emission vessels serving and operating short-sea shipping links, and developing measures to improve the environmental performance of maritime transport for port call orand supply chain optimisation in accordance with the applicable requirements under Union law or relevant international agreements.
Amendment 1182 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) promoting ferry transport as a sustainable mode of passenger transport, including in urban nodes, where applicable;
Amendment 1274 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter III – Section 6 – title
Chapter III – Section 6 – title
Amendment 1277 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – title
Article 35 – title
Identification of the multimodal freight terminalhubs
Amendment 1279 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The multimodal freight terminals hubs of the trans-European transport network are - among others - composed of terminals that are:
Amendment 1282 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that there is sufficient multimodal freight terminalhub capacity serving the trans- European transport network, meeting current and future traffic flows, in particular flows serving urban nodes, industrial centres, ports and logistics hubs.
Amendment 1283 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Within two years after the entry into force of this Regulation, Member States shall conduct a market and prospective analysis on multimodal freight terminalhubs on their territory. This analysis shall at least:
Amendment 1285 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) identify the existing multimodal freight terminalhubs of the trans-European transport network on their territory, and assess the need for new multimodal freight terminalhubs or additional transhipment capacity in existing terminals;
Amendment 1286 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) analyse how to ensure adequate distribution of multimodal freight terminalhubs with adequate transhipment capacity in order to meet the needs identified in point (b). This shall take into account the terminalhubs located in border areas of neighbouring Member States.
Amendment 1293 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall consult shippers, port managing bodies, transport and logistics operators which operate on their territory. They shall take into account the results of the consultation in their analysis.
Amendment 1296 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. On the basis of the analysis under paragraph 3, Member States shall elaborate an action plan for the development of a multimodal freight terminalhub network. The results of the analysis and the action plan shall be submitted to the Commission no later than six months after finalising the analysis, together with a list of rail road terminals which the Member State proposes to add in Annexes I and II.
Amendment 1297 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. A rail road terminalhub shall be part of the trans-European transport network and listed in Annexes I and II where at least one of the following conditions is met:
Amendment 1298 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) it is the main rail road terminalhub designated by the Member State for a NUTS 2 region, where there is no rail road terminal complying with point (a) in that NUTS 2 region,
Amendment 1299 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Multimodal freight terminalhubs shall comprise, in particular:
Amendment 1300 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) equipment such as cranes, conveyors or other transhipment devices to move freight between different transport modes or different systems and for the positioning and storage of freight;
Amendment 1301 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure in a fair and non-discriminatory manner that multimodal freight terminalhubs referred to in Article 35(1):
Amendment 1304 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) after assessment and identification of the specific suitability for new technical features, identified and available terminals are equipped with at least one recharging station as defined in Article 2, point (43), of Regulation (EU) […] [on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure] dedicated to serve heavy- duty vehicles, by 31 December 2030;
Amendment 1306 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Amendment 1307 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) the provision of information flows within a terminal and between the transport modes along the logistic chain and the terminal operator.
Amendment 1309 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure in a fair and non-discriminatory manner that multimodal freight terminalhubs referred to in Article 35(1) and which are connected to the rail network, by 31 December 2030, are able to handle all types of intermodal loading units if they are classified as intermodal terminals and if they carry out vertical transhipment.
Amendment 1329 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) adoption and publication of a sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP), in line with Annex V that and includes notably measures to integrate the different modes of transport, to promote efficient zero-emission mobility including sustainable and zero-emission urban logistics with the definition, among others, of minimum targets for charging infrastructure development involving electricity transmission and distribution system operators, to reduce air and noise pollution and that takes long- distance trans-European transport flows into consideration;
Amendment 1355 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 40 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) by 31 December 2040: the development of at least one multimodal freight terminalhub allowing for sufficient transhipment capacity within or in the vicinity of the urban node. However, if a hub has sufficient capacity then it shall be possible for it to serve more than one urban node.
Amendment 1370 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1
Article 42 – paragraph 1
1. ICT systems for transport shall be such as to enable capacity and traffic management and the exchange of information, where economically and technically feasible, within and between transport modes for multimodal transport operations and value-added transport- related services, improvements in resilience, safety, security, congestion and operational and environmental performance, and simplified administrative procedures. ICT systems for transport shall also facilitate seamless connection between infrastructure and mobile assets.
Amendment 1379 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) support and promote the decarbonisation of transport through transition to zero- and low-emission vehicles, vessels and aircraft and other innovative and sustainable transport and network technologies such as hyperloop;. The implementation of new transport technologies by Member States shall be facilitated in a coordinated and harmonised way with neighbouring Member State(s) where applicable, with a transport corridor perspective.
Amendment 1433 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 48 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the infrastructure of the trans- European transport network is maintained in a way that it provides the same level of service and safety during its lifetime; and that maintenance works are conducted in compliance with Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/2075.
Amendment 1444 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Article 49 – paragraph 1
Transport infrastructure, including services connected to it, shall allow seamless mobility and accessibility for all users, in particular people in situations of vulnerability including persons with disabilities or reduced mobility as well as, older persons, persons living in outermost regions and other remote, rural, insular, peripheral and mountainous regions as well as sparselynd sparsely populated areas, as well as other peopulated areasle experiencing accessibility, connectivity, economic or other barriers to transport.
Amendment 1454 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) supporting improvement of the accessibility of the network for all passengers;
Amendment 1458 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 50 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a coordinated development of infrastructure, in particular in cross-border sections, notably in view of developing a fully interoperable rail freight system as well as an accessible for all users long- distance rail passenger network at high speed across the Union;
Amendment 1471 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 5 – point e – indent 1 (new)
Article 51 – paragraph 5 – point e – indent 1 (new)
- conduct a feasibility study starting at the latest with entry into force of this regulation that in parallel to the roll out of ERTMS/ETCS transparently outlines the implementation paths to the deadlines set for 2030, 2040 and 2050. This study shall not only look into feasibility in terms of technology, but also in terms of resources and financial support/subsidies in order to prevent a negative business case for affected partners, especially Railway Undertakings.
Amendment 1480 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) cooperate closely with the rail freight governance to identify and prioritise investment needs for rail freight on the rail freight lines of the European Transport Corridors with the aim to develop a single integrated governance structure for the ETCs; ;
Amendment 1485 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 51 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) identify and prioritise investment needs for the rail passenger lines of the European Transport Corridors, including for improving accessibility for all passengers;;
Amendment 1491 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 51 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) monitor administrative, operational and interoperability aspects of passenger traffic on the rail passenger lines of the European Transport Corridors, including monitoring the accessibility and performance of rail passenger services.
Amendment 1511 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) improving accessibility of the TEN-T network for all users, including persons with disabilities.
Amendment 1517 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
When relevant, the European Coordinator shall cooperate and coordinate with the rail freight governance on the activities of the working groups to avoid any duplication of work. Representatives of the rail freight governance shall be invited to relevant forum of ETCs. Similarly, ETC Coordinators shall be invited to attend relevant Executive meetings of the rail freight governance.
Amendment 1520 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
When relevant, the European Coordinator shall cooperate and coordinate with the rail freight governance on the activities of the working groups to avoid any duplication of work and with the aim to develop a single integrated governance structure for the ETCs.
Amendment 1533 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 6
Article 52 – paragraph 6
6. The European Coordinator may consult regional and local authorities, infrastructure managers, including port managing bodies, transport operators, in particular those which are members of the rail freight governance, the supply industry, transport users, accessibility experts, and representatives of civil society in relation to the work plan and its implementation. In addition, the European Coordinator responsible for ERTMS shall closely cooperate with the European Union Agency for Railways and Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking and the European Coordinator for the European Maritime Space with the European Maritime Safety Agency.
Amendment 1542 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 6 b (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) shall ensure coherence and consistency in ERTMS deployment and funding.
Amendment 1554 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) identification of the barriers to seamless and accessible mobility for all users of the TEN-T network;
Amendment 1558 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) a description of possible solutions to address the investment needs and bottlenecks, in particular for the passenger and freight lines and nodes of the corridor;
Amendment 1562 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point f
Article 53 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) a plan with intermediate targets for the removal of physical, technical, digital, operational and administrative barriers, including barriers to seamless and accessible mobility for all users, between and within transport modes and for the enhancement of efficient multimodal transport with particular attention to cross- border sections and national missing links.
Amendment 1568 #
Amendment 1575 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 1
Article 55 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall inform the Commission on a regular, comprehensive and transparent basis about the progress made in implementing projects of common interest and the investments made for that purpose. This information shall include the yearly transmission of data throughat will feed into the interactive geographical and technical information system for the trans- European transport network (TENtec). It shall include technical and financial data concerning projects of common interest, including data related to accessibility onf the trans-European transport network as well as data on the completion of the trans-European transport networkTEN-T infrastructure and passenger services .
Amendment 1582 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) exclude maritime ports and airports from the comprehensive network, if it is demonstrated that the average of their traffic volume over the last six years is below 85% of the relevant threshold. In order to guarantee a high degree of network stability, the port’s or airport’s development plan, traffic prognosis or geopolitical importance or role for the energy supply should be considered prior to the exclusion from the network, in addition to current traffic volumes;
Amendment 1598 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The adaptations referred to in points (a) to (c) of the first subparagraph shall be based on the latest available statistics published by Eurostat or, if those statistics are not available, by the national statistics offices of the Member States. The adaptations referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph shall be based on the action plan referred to in Article 35(4). The adaptations referred to in point (e) of the first subparagraph shall be based on the information provided by the Member States concerned in accordance with Article 55(1). Identification of additional railway lines to increase the resilience of the network and with the overarching goal to support logistic chains in the event of disturbances shall be in line with National Investment Plans:
Amendment 1599 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Notwithstanding to the maps set out in Annex I and without prejudice to the provisions in Article 46, Member States may identify additional railway lines, further referred to as diversionary rail routes, with the purpose of increasing the resilience of the network in case of major disruptions or unforeseen capacity constraints to become part of the European Transport Corridors according to Article 50;
Amendment 1600 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 2 (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 2 (new)
(2) The identification of a diversionary rail route shall be based on experience with major disruptions in the past, on the impact of these disruptions on the reliability of logistics chains and on traffic forecasts for the European Transport Corridor to which it will contribute;
Amendment 1601 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 3 (new)
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 3 (new)
(3) The concerned Member State(s) may notify the need for a diversionary rail route to be included in European Transport Corridor to the responsible European Coordinator according to Article 51 (1).
Amendment 1615 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. In the event of significant delay in starting or completing work on the core network, extended core network and on the comprehensive network compared to the initial timeline set in implementing acts in accordance with Article 54 or defined in national transport and investment plans or other relevant project documentation, the Commission may ask the Member State or Member States concerned to provide the reasons for the delay. Such reasons shall be provided by the Member State or Member States within three months of the request with the possibility to grant an extension. On the basis of the reply given, the Commission shall consult the Member State or Member States concerned in order to resolve the problem that has caused the delay.
Amendment 1617 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may, after considering the reasons provided by the Member State or Member States concerned pursuant to the first subparagraph, adopt a decision addressed to the Member State or Member States concerned, finding that the significant delay in starting or completing the work on the core network, extended core network or on the comprehensive network is attributable to the Member State or Member States without an objective justification. The Commission shall give the Member State or Member States concerned 6 months to eliminate the significant delay with the possibility to grant an extension.
Amendment 1626 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) No 913/2010
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The cooperation and the consultation between all parties (EBs, MBs, Coordinator, advisory groups) shall address in particular:
Amendment 1627 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 65 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) No 913/2010
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) need for targeted investments to upgrade infrastructure according to the TEN-T requirements and to remove local bottlenecks, such as connecting loops, improvements to nodes and last-mile infrastructure or technical equipment enhancing operational performance.
Amendment 1767 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section AT
Annex 2 - table - section AT
Node Name: Klagenfurt Rail road terminals: comprehensivre (Villach -Fürnitz)
Amendment 1829 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1
Annex V – point 1
Amendment 1832 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2
Annex V – point 2
2. Long-term vision and short-term implementation plan: A SUMP shall include a – or be linked to an existing – long term strategy for the future development of transport infrastructure and multi-modal services. It shall also include a delivery plan for the short-term implementation of the strategy. It shall be embedded into an integrated approach for sustainable and accessible development of the urban area and linked to relevant land- use and spatial planning.
Amendment 1836 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 3
Annex V – point 3
3. Integration of the different modes of transport: A SUMP shall promote multimodal accessible transport through the integration of the different modes and measures aimed at facilitating seamless and sustainable mobility. It shall include actions to increase the modal share of the more sustainable forms of transport such as public transport, active mobility, and, as appropriate, inland waterway and maritime transport. It shall also include actions to promote zero-emission mobility, in particular with regard to the greening of the urban fleet, to reduce congestion and, to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, older persons, and persons with reduced mobility, as well as to improve road safety in particular of vulnerable road users.
Amendment 1844 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5
Annex V – point 5
5. Participatory approach: The development and implementation of a SUMP shall be based on an integrated approach with a high level of cooperation, coordination and consultation between the different levels of government and relevant authorities. Citizens, accessibility experts, as well as representatives of civil society and economic actors shall also be involved.
Amendment 1847 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 6
Annex V – point 6
6. Monitoring and performance indicators: A SUMP shall include objectives, targets and indicators underpinning the current and future performance of the urban transport system, at minimum, on greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, accidents and injuries, modal share and access to mobility services, as well as data on air and noise pollution in cities. The implementation of a SUMP shall be monitored using performance indicators. Member States and the relevant authorities shall implement mechanisms to ensure that a SUMP is in line with the provisions of this Annex and of high quality. Member States shall ensure that organisations representing transport users, including organisations of persons with disabilities, as well as accessibility experts, are able to meaningfully engage in the monitoring and evaluation of the SUMPs.
Amendment 1852 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 1
Annex V – point 1
Amendment 1855 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 2
Annex V – point 2
2. Long-term vision and short-term implementation plan: A SUMP shall include a – or be linked to an existing – long term strategy for the future development of transport infrastructure and multi-modal services. It shall also include a delivery plan for the short-term implementation of the strategy. It shall be embedded into an integrated approach for sustainable and accessible development of the urban area and linked to relevant land- use and spatial planning.
Amendment 1859 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 3
Annex V – point 3
3. Integration of the different modes of transport: A SUMP shall promote multimodal accessible transport through the integration of the different modes and measures aimed at facilitating seamless and sustainable mobility. It shall include actions to increase the modal share of the more sustainable forms of transport such as public transport, active mobility, and, as appropriate, inland waterway and maritime transport. It shall also include actions to promote zero-emission mobility, in particular with regard to the greening of the urban fleet, to reduce congestion and, to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, older persons, and persons with reduced mobility, as well as to improve road safety in particular of vulnerable road users.
Amendment 1867 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 5
Annex V – point 5
5. Participatory approach: The development and implementation of a SUMP shall be based on an integrated approach with a high level of cooperation, coordination and consultation between the different levels of government and relevant authorities. Citizens, accessibility experts, as well as representatives of civil society and economic actors shall also be involved.
Amendment 1870 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point 6
Annex V – point 6
6. Monitoring and performance indicators: A SUMP shall include objectives, targets and indicators underpinning the current and future performance of the urban transport system, at minimum, on greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, accidents and injuries, modal share and access to mobility services, as well as data on air and noise pollution in cities. The implementation of a SUMP shall be monitored using performance indicators. Member States and the relevant authorities shall implement mechanisms to ensure that a SUMP is in line with the provisions of this Annex and of high quality. Member States shall ensure that organisations representing transport users, including organisations of persons with disabilities, as well as accessibility experts, are able to meaningfully engage in the monitoring and evaluation of the SUMPs.
Amendment 63 #
2021/0402(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Whilst always acting within the framework of international law, it is essential that the Union possess an appropriate instrument to deter and counteractin good time or prevent completely economic coercion by third countries or, if such coercion nevertheless occurs, to counteract it effectively in order to safeguard ithe Union’s rights and interests and those of its Member States. This is particularly the case where third countries take measures affecting trade or investment that interfere in the legitimate sovereign choices of the Union or a Member State by seeking to prevent or obtain the cessation, modification or adoption of a particular act by the Union or a Member State. Such measures affecting trade or investment may include not only actions taken on, and having effects within, the territory of the third country, but also actions taken by the third country, including through entities controlled or directed by the third country and present in the Union, that cause harm to economic activities in the Union.
Amendment 150 #
2021/0402(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Prior to adopting its decision, the Commission may inshall provitde the third country concerned with an opportunity to submit its observations within an appropriate deadline.
Amendment 110 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The Union's common commercial policy is to be consistent with and to consolidate the objectives of the Union policy in the field of development cooperation, laid down in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular the eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable economic, social, and environmental development and good governance in the developing countries. It n the context of a new, more sustainable growth model, the Union needs a new trade policy strategy and the green transition must go hand in hand with social equity and reciprocity. It is to comply with World Trade Organisation (‘WTO’) requirements, in particular with the Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries (the ‘Enabling Clause’), adopted under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (‘GATT’) in 1979, under which WTO Members may accord differential and more favourable treatment to developing countries.
Amendment 115 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The general objectives of the GSP are to support eradication of poverty in all its forms, in line with Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goal 17.12 and, to promote the sustainable development agenda and to encourage exports diversification from GSP beneficiary countries, while averting harm to EU industry’s interests. The 2018 GSP Mid- term Evaluation and the 2021 supporting Study for the Impact Assessment underpinning this Regulation concluded that the GSP framework under Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 has delivered on these main objectives, which were at the core of the 2012 overhaul of Council Regulation (EC) No 732/200815 . _________________ 15 Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences from 1 January 2009 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007 (OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 120 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Those objectives remain relevant in the current global context and they are consistent with the analysis and perspective of the recent Commission Communication Trade Policy Review “An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy”16 (‘TPR’). According to the TPR, the Union has a “strategic interest to support the enhanced integration into the world economy of vulnerable developing countries” and it “must fully use the strength provided by its openness and the attractiveness of its Single Market” to support multilateralism and to ensure adherence to universal values. For GSP specifically, the TPR notes its important role in “promoting respect for core human and labour rights” and sets the objective for the GSP “to further increase trading opportunities for developing countries to reduce poverty and create jobs based on international values and principles”. Together with openness to trade, the scheme should support GSP beneficiary countries to develop a strong industrial base and to create an infrastructure that facilitates access to knowledge and information to foster diversification of trade flows. Moreover, the scheme should assist beneficiaries in recovering from the COVID-19 impact and in re-building their economies in a sustainable manner, including with respect to international human rights, labour, environmental and good governance standards. By prioritising diversification of exports from GSP beneficiary countries, the scheme should focus preferences on less competitive products which should ultimately contribute to sustainable development and poverty eradication. Coherence should be ensured between the GSP and its objectives and the assistance provided to beneficiary countries, in line with Union’s Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), which constitutes a key pillar of Union’s efforts to enhance the positive impact and increase effectiveness of development cooperation17 . _________________ 16 COM(2021) 66 final, 18 February 2021 17 Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU concerning PCD reads: “The Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries”.
Amendment 133 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) By providing preferential access to the Union market, the scheme should assist developing countries in their efforts to reduce poverty and achieve and promote good governance and sustainable development by helping them to generate additional revenue through international trade, which can then be re-invested for the benefit of their own development and, in addition, to diversify their economies. The scheme's tariff preferences should focus on less competitive products originating from those developing countries that have greater development, trade and financial needs.
Amendment 134 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Union policies increasingly entail an escalation in obligations to comply with Union standards on quality and sustainability of production, with a significant impact on production costs, which are not fully taken into account in international trade negotiations or in the GSP, despite the leading role of the Union in these areas. The limits and obligations that European producers have to respect should equally apply to imports into the Union internal market, being also monitored regularly. The latter imports should reflect the soaring requirements that Union farmers are bounded to implement as the GSP must not, under any circumstance, be a tool to promote unsustainable production or triangular trade. This should become a non- negotiable factor in free trade negotiations or access through the Union's GSP, alongside with equivalence which should also be a prerequisite, covering the entire value chain. The creation of a level playing field for production based on an equivalent political approach would strengthen the competitiveness, employment and growth of agri-food production in the beneficiary countries of the GSP schemes, while safeguarding the European producers.
Amendment 165 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Common Customs Tariff duties on non-sensitive products should continue to be suspended, while duties on sensitive products should enjoy a tariff reduction, in order to ensure a satisfactory utilisation rate while at the same time taking account of the situation of the corresponding Union industriesown production industries and agriculture.
Amendment 168 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Such a tTariff reductions should be sufficiently attractive, in order to motivate traders to make use of the opportunities offered by the scheme. Therefore, the ad valorem duties should generally be reduced by a flat rate of 3,5 percentage points from the 'most favoured nation' duty rate, while such duties for textiles and textile goods should be reduced by 20 %. Specific duties should be reduced by 30 %. Where a minimum duty is specified, that minimum duty should not apply.
Amendment 171 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Safeguards are essential mechanisms to reduce beneficiary countries’ dependency on a few products, to focus preferences on less competitive products and to stimulate economic growth. The scheme should reinforce the Union’s financial and economic interests by providing effective and enforceable safeguards to sensitive products which should at the same time improve the implementation of social and environmental rights in beneficiary countries
Amendment 178 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The reasons for temporary withdrawal of the arrangements under the scheme should include serious and systematic violations of the principles laid down in international conventions concerning core human rights (including certain principles of international humanitarian law enshrined in those conventions), labour rights, climate and environmental protection, and good governance, so as to promote the objectives of those conventions. Furthermore, temporary withdrawal should be made possible in case of severe and systemic breach of the obligation of the beneficiary country towards not respecting the Members States’ interests and not complying with international trade obligations and creating some retaliatory or discriminatory measures. Tariff preferences under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should be temporarily withdrawn if the beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertaking to maintain the ratification and effective implementation of those conventions or to comply with the reporting requirements imposed by the respective conventions, or if the beneficiary country does not cooperate with the Union's monitoring procedures as set out in this Regulation. The temporary withdrawal should continue until the reasons justifying it no longer apply. In situations characterised by an exceptional gravity of the violations, the Commission should have the power to respond rapidly by adopting measures within a shorter timeline. Under the Union’s zero tolerance approach for child labour the reasons for temporary withdrawal should include exports of goods made by internationally prohibited child labour, as well as forced labour including slavery and prison labour, as identified in the relevant Conventions in Annex VI.
Amendment 185 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25 a) Trade defense instruments are becoming increasingly important and should be enforced as soon as imports harm Union producers. Thereunder, the latter instruments should be used to manage situations where unfair trade practices take place in the form of price dumping or public subsidies, not WTO compliant. As trade within agri-food products is increasingly concentrated on processed products, the activation of trade defense instruments is progressively becoming more complex, as evidenced by the evolution of imports of semi-finished or processed rice from Cambodia. For this purpose, a certain establishment of the origin of the raw material used in the transformation of the product should be ensured.
Amendment 196 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The Commission should also adopt immediately applicable implementing acts where, in duly justified cases relating to safeguard investigations, imperative grounds of urgency relating to the deterioration of the economic and/or financial situation of Union producers which would be difficult to repair so require. Safeguards should be promptly activated if there were to exist a substantial negative impact on the Union agri-food production sector. Any delay or hesitation in the application of safeguard measures in the agri-food sector could lead to irreversible economic damage for Union farmers and the agri-food industry overall, with consequent loss of jobs and damage to the local, national and European socio-economic framework.
Amendment 200 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9 a) "sensitive products" means goods whose excessive utilisation rate by standard GSP beneficiary countries could have a negative impact on the market for basic or processed goods and other European commodities, in the medium and long term. In this regard and for the purposes of this definition, processed agri-food products - such as rice and sugar - are products obtained with basic raw materials whose origin or place of origin is ascertained in a Member State.
Amendment 202 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
(9 b) For the purpose of this Regulation, agricultural and agri-food products are considered sustainable when they are certified in accordance with voluntary sustainability certification schemes recognized by the European Commission on the basis of pre- established sustainability criteria and minimum requirements. The latter should be based, inter alia, in consistency with the ambitious objectives of the European Green deal and the "Farm2Fork" strategy, as well as with internationally recognized standards such as relevant international conventions listed in Annex VI, adequate standards of human rights, environmental sustainability, economic equality and decent income. Criteria is also to include reliability, transparency, traceability, independent and accredited audit and adequate appeal procedures.
Amendment 215 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) it has not ratified all the conventions listed in Annex VI (the 'relevant conventions') or the Commission has identified, based on available information, in particular the most recent available conclusions of the monitoring bodies under those conventions, a serious failure to effectively implement any of those conventions.
Amendment 234 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The tariff preferences referred to in Article 7 shall be suspended, in respect of products of a GSP section originating in a standard GSP beneficiary country, when the average value of Union imports of such products over three consecutive years from that standard GSP beneficiary country exceeds the thresholds listed in Annex IV. The thresholds shall be calculated as a percentage of the total value of Union imports of the same products from all GSP beneficiary countries. Additionally, such a threshold shall be applied to a specific Taric code, or to a restricted number of Taric codes.
Amendment 236 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall, every three years, review the list referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and adopt an implementing act in the year preceding the review year, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), in order to suspend or to re-establish the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7. That implementing act shall apply as of 1 January of the year following its entry in force.
Amendment 240 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The list referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be established on the basis of the data available on 1 September of the year in which the review is conducted and of the two years preceding the review year. It shall take into account imports from GSP beneficiary countries listed in Annex I as applicable at that time. However, the value of imports from GSP beneficiary countries, which upon the date of application of the suspension no longer benefit from the tariff preferences under Article 4(1), point (b), shall not be taken into account.
Amendment 271 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2027, and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the most transparent way, a report on the status of ratification of the relevant conventions, the compliance of the GSP+ beneficiary countries with any reporting obligations under those conventions and the status of the effective implementation thereof.
Amendment 292 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Where the Commission considers that the findings justifya temporary withdrawal for the reasons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex I and Annex II in order to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance referred to in Article 1(2), point (b). In adopting the delegated act the Commission may, when appropriatejustified, consider the socio-economic effect of the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences in the beneficiary country, including with regard to impacts on women’s employment and unemployment, with a view to minimising the negative socio- economic impact on the GSP+ beneficiary countries population while maximizing the leverage on its government.
Amendment 297 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
Article 15 – paragraph 10
10. Where the Commission decides on temporary withdrawal, such delegated act shall become applicable sixone months after its adoption.
Amendment 299 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. An eligible country shall benefit from the tariff preferences provided under the special arrangement for the least- developed countries referred to in Article 1(2), point (c), if that country is identified by the United Nations as a least-developed country and if it has not ratified all the conventions listed in Annex VI (the "relevant conventions") or the Commission has identified, based on available information, in particular the most recent available conclusions of the monitoring bodies under those conventions, a serious failure to effectively implement any of those conventions.
Amendment 304 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where an EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the econditionsomic, environmental and social criteria referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex I in order to remove the country from the EBA arrangement following a transitional period of three years as from the date on which the EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the econditionsomic, environmental and social criteria referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.
Amendment 321 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) serious and systematic unfair trading practices including those affecting the supply of raw materials, which have an adverse effect on the Union industry and which have not been addressed by the beneficiary country. For those unfair trading practices, which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, the application of this Article shall be based on a previous determination to that effect by the competent WTO body; Commission following a trade Barrier investigation under Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 of 22 December 1994 laying down Community procedures in the field of the common commercial policy in order to ensure the exercise of the Community's rights under international trade rules, in particular those established under the auspices of the WTO. For the other unfair trading practices, including - but not limited to - breaches of intellectual property rights, trade distorting investment practices, trafficking and smuggling, breaches of competition rules and any other unfair trading practices that may hinder market access and the national treatment principle, the application of this Article shall be based on a previous determination to that effect under the conditions laid down in Paragraph 3;
Amendment 342 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate during the monitoring and evaluation period of six months from the date of publication of the noticmonitoring and evaluation period will be of three months from the date of publication of the notice. During this period, the Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate.
Amendment 345 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 7
Article 19 – paragraph 7
7. Within thre one months from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 5, the Commission shall submit a report on its findings and conclusions to the beneficiary country concerned. The beneficiary country has the right to submit its comments on the report. The period for comments shall not exceed one month. This paragraph does not apply in case a trade barrier investigation has already been concluded in relation to the unfair trading practices at stake.
Amendment 349 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Within sixtwo months from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 4, point (b)5, the Commission shall decide:
Amendment 352 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 10
Article 19 – paragraph 10
10. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify temporary withdrawal for the reasons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, it is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex I and Annex II, in order to temporarily withdraw the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2). In adopting the delegated act the Commission may, where appropriate, consider the socio-economic effect of the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences in the beneficiary country.
Amendment 357 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 12
Article 19 – paragraph 12
12. Where the Commission decides on temporary withdrawal, such delegated act shall become applicable sixone months after its adoption.
Amendment 363 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 16
Article 19 – paragraph 16
16. Where the Commission considers that there is sufficient evidence to justify temporary withdrawal for the reason set out in paragraph 1, point (a) and the exceptional gravity of the violations calls for a rapid response in view of the specific circumstances in the beneficiary country, it shall initiate the procedure for temporary withdrawal in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (15). However, the period referred to in paragraph 4, point (b)5 is reduced to 21 months and the deadline referred to in paragraph 8 is reduced to 52 months.
Amendment 366 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Where a product originating in a beneficiary country of any of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) is imported in volumes or at prices which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to Union producers of likeproducts obtained in the Union for similar or directly competing products, normal Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be wholly or partially reintroduced.
Amendment 368 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
"Products obtained in the Union" are the primary basic products, processed products and other goods of EU producers. Processed agri-food products are products obtained with raw materials whose origin or place of origin is ascertained in one of the Member States.
Amendment 377 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. An investigation, including the procedural steps referred to in Articles 25, 26 and 27, shall be concluded within 129 months from its initiation.
Amendment 380 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
On duly justified grounds of urgency relating to deterioration of the economic or financial situation of Union producers of products obtained in the Union, and where delay might cause damage which would be difficult to repair, the Commission shall adopt immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39(4) to reintroduce normal Common Customs Tariff duties for a period of up to 12 months.
Amendment 384 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter VI – Section II – title
Chapter VI – Section II – title
II Safeguards in the Textile, Footwear, Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors
Amendment 388 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Section I of this Chapter, on 1 January of each year, the Commission, on its own initiative and in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), shall adopt an implementing act in order to remove the tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 12 with respect to the products from GSP sections S-11a, S-11b and S-11b2a or to products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006, 1701, 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10, 3814 00 90, 3820 00 00, 38249956, 38249957, 38249992, 38248400, 38248500, 38248600, 38248700, 38248800, 38249993, and 38249996 where imports of such products, originate in a beneficiary country and their total value:
Amendment 395 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10, 3814 00 90, 3820 00 00, and 38249956, 38249957, 38249992, 38248400, 38248500, 38248600, 38248700, 38248800, 38249993, and 38249996 exceeds the share referred to in point 1 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, columns A and B C, during a calendar year
Amendment 399 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701 exceeds the share referred to in point 2 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, column C, during a calendar year;
Amendment 403 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for products under GSP sections S- 11a, S-11b and S-11b2a exceeds the share referred to in point 3 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of products in GSP sections S-11a, S-11b and S-11b2a from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, columns A and B, during a calendar year.
Amendment 410 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to EBA beneficiary countries, nor shall it apply to countries with a share for the relevant products referred to in paragraph 1 not exceeding 6 % of total Union imports of the same products.
Amendment 415 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
By 1 January 2027 and every threewo years thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the effects of the scheme covering the most recent three- wo-year period and all of the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).
Amendment 420 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – subheading 1
Annex IV – subheading 1
Modalities for the application of Article 8 and Article 29
Amendment 426 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
Annex IV – point 1
1. Article 8 and Article 29 shall apply when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of thatose Articles exceeds 470 %.
Amendment 431 #
2021/0297(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2
Annex IV – point 2
2. Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-2a, S-3 and S-5 of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 17,5 0 %. Article 29 shall apply for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701 when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of Article exceeds 10%.
Amendment 216 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Publicly accessible recharging or refuelling points include, for example, privately owned recharging or refuelling points accessible to the public that are located on public or private properties, such as public parkings or parkings of supermarkets. A recharging or refuelling point located on a private property that is accessible to the general public should be considered as publicly accessible also in cases where access is restricted to a certain general group of users, for example to clients. Recharging or refuelling points for car-sharing schemes should only be considered accessible to the public if they explicitly allow access for third party users. Recharging or refuelling points located on private properties, access to which is restricted to a limited, determinate circle of persons, such as parking lots in office buildings to which only employees or authorised persons have access, or hotel garages only open to hotel guests, should not be considered as publicly accessible recharging or refuelling points.
Amendment 219 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The possibility to develop advanced digital services, including contract-based payment solutions, and to ensure transparent user information by digital means depends on the deployment of digitally connected, cybersecure and smart recharging points that support the creation of a digitally connected resilient and interoperable infrastructure51 . Those smart recharging points should comprise a set of physical attributes and technical specifications (hardware and software) that are necessary to safely send and receive data in real time, enabling the flow of information between market actors that are dependent on these data for fully developing the recharging experience, including charging point operators, mobility service providers, e- roaming platforms, distribution systems operators and, ultimately, end consumers. _________________ 51 In line with the principles laid down in the European Interoperability Framework – Implementation Strategy, COM/2017/0134 final.
Amendment 369 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In light of the increasing diversity in the type of fuels for motorised vehicles coupled with on-going growth in the road mobility of citizens across the Union, it is necessary to provide vehicle users with clear and easy-to-understand information on the fuels available at refuelling stations and on the compatibility of their vehicle with different fuels or recharging points on the Union market. Member States should be able to decide to implement such information measures also in respect of vehicles placed on the market before 18 November 2016.
Amendment 373 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Simple and easy-to-compare information on the prices of different fuels could play an important role in enabling vehicle users to better evaluate the relative cost of individual fuels available on the market. Therefore, a unit price comparison of certain alternative fuels and conventional fuels, expressed as ‘fuel price per 100km’, should be displayed for information purposes at all relevant fuel stations.
Amendment 384 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Alternative fuels infrastructure is a fast developing area. The lack of common technical specification constitutes a barrier for the creation of a single market of alternative fuels infrastructure. Therefore, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to norm technical specifications for areas where common technical specifications are outstanding but necessary. In particular, this should include the communication between the electric vehicle and the recharging point, the communication between the recharging point and the recharging software management system (back-end); the communication related to the electric vehicle roaming service and the communication with the electricity grid, while ensuring the highest level of cybersecurity protection and protection of final customers´ personal data. It is also necessary to define the suitable governance framework and roles of the different actors involved in the vehicle-to- grid communication ecosystem. Moreover, emerging technological developments, such as electric road systems (‘ERS’) have to be accounted for. As concerns data provision, it is necessary to provide for additional data types and technical specifications related to the format, the frequency and the quality in which these data should be made available and accessible.
Amendment 407 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – indent 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – indent 2
– hydrogen and hydrogen derived fuels,
Amendment 409 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – indent 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – indent 3
Amendment 421 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – indent 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b – indent 1
– biomass fuels and biofuels as defined in Article 2, points (27) and (33) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001,bio- hydrogen, bio-ammonia, bio-methanol, bio-methane, bio-LNG;
Amendment 452 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 38
(38) ‘publicly accessible’ alternative fuels infrastructure, means an alternative fuels infrastructure which is located at a site or premise that is open to the general public without prior registration or membership, irrespective of whether the alternative fuels infrastructure is located on public or on private property, whether limitations or conditions apply in terms of access to the site or premise and irrespective of the applicable use conditions of the alternative fuels infrastructure;
Amendment 465 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 44
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 44
(44) ‘recharging pool’ means one or more recharging stations operated by the same charging point operator at a specific location;
Amendment 495 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– publicly accessible recharging stations for light-duty vehicles are deployed commensurate to the uptake of light-duty electric vehicles including passenger cars and light commercial vehicles;
Amendment 498 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
- at least one recharging station at recharging pool in urban areas and along TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive network is dedicated to light commercial vehicles with a trailer, taking into account their special demands relating to the amount of cargo space used by such vehicles;
Amendment 653 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) operators of recharging points shall, at publicly accessible recharging stations with a power output below 50 kW, deployed from the date referred to in Article 24, accept electronic payments through terminals and devices used for payment services, including at least one of the following:
Amendment 661 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iii
Amendment 670 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 691 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Operators of recharging points shall, when they offer automatic authentication at a publicly accessible recharging point operated by them, ensure that end users always have the right not to make use of the automatic authentication and may either recharge their vehicle on an ad hoc basis, as provided for in paragraph 3, or use another non mandatory contract- based or subscription recharging solution offered at that recharging point. Operators of recharging points shall transparently display that option and offer it in a convenient manner to the end user, at each publicly accessible recharging point that they operate and where they make available automatic authentication. Technical solutions to implement the above requirement shall not complicate the use of automatic authentication for users who do wish to make use of it.
Amendment 699 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Operators of recharging points shall make easily and clearly display the ad hoc price and all its components at all publicly accessible recharging stations operated by them so that these are known to end users before they initiate a recharging session. At least the following price components, if applicable at the recharging station,, on a digital or remote display such as a mobile phone or in the vehicle itself, so that these are known to end users before they initiate a recharging session. The price per kWh shall be clearly displayed:.
Amendment 703 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – indent 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – indent 1
Amendment 709 #
Amendment 715 #
Amendment 719 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. From the date referred to in Article 24, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all new publicly accessible recharging points operated by themthey establish are digitally-connected recharging points and include e-roaming functionality. For existing standard charging points, a transitional period for conversion is established until 2027.
Amendment 724 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. From the date referred to in Article 24, operators of recharging points shall ensure that all new publicly accessible normal power recharging points operated by them recharging points they establish are digitally-connected recharging points. For existing standared capable of smart rechargingharging points, a transitional period for conversion is established until 2027.
Amendment 756 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall ensure that by 31 December 2030, at least one publicly accessiblthe hydrogen refuelling stationinfrastructure is deployed in each urban node with capacity proportionate to the fleet of vehicles using alternative fuels. An analysis on the best location shall be carried out for such refuelling stations that shall in particular consider the deployment of such stations in multimodal hubs where also other transport modes could be supplied.
Amendment 794 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure untilby 1 January 202530 that an appropriate number of publicly accessible refuelling points for LNG, proportionate to the size of the LNG fleet, are put in place, at least along the TEN-T core network, in order to allow LNG heavy-duty motor vehicles to circulate throughout the Union, where there is demand, unless the costs are disproportionate to the benefits, including environmental benefits.
Amendment 818 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure - and provide the necessary support - that a minimum shore-side electricity supply for seagoing container and passenger ships is provided in maritime ports. To that end, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that by 1 January 2030:
Amendment 822 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive maritime ports whose average annual number of port calls over the last three years by seagoing container ships above 5000 gross tonnes, in the previous three years, is above 50 have sufficient shore-side power output to meet at least 90% of that demand, while considering actual as well as future market needs and ensuring return on investment when private operators are asked to provide OPS;
Amendment 833 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive maritime ports whose average annual number of port calls over the last three years by seagoing ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft above 5000 gross tonnes, in the previous three years, is above 40 have sufficient shore-side power output to satisfy at least 90% of that demand, while considering actual and future market needs and ensuring return on investment when private operators are asked to provide OPS;
Amendment 840 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) TEN-T core and TEN-T comprehensive maritime ports whose average annual number of port calls over the last three years by passenger ships other than ro-ro passenger ships and high- speed passenger craft above 5000 gross tonnes, in the previous three years, is above 25 have sufficient shore-side power output to meet at least 90% of that demand., while considering actual and future market needs and ensuring return on investment when private operators are asked to provide OPS;
Amendment 905 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that an appropriate number of refuelling points for LNG, proportionate to the size and consumption of the LNG-fuelled vessels, are put in place at TEN-T core maritime ports referred to in paragraph 2, to enable seagoing ships to circulate throughout the TEN-T core network by 31 JanuaryDecember 2025. Member States shall cooperate with neighbouring Member States where necessary to ensure adequate coverage of the TEN-T core network.
Amendment 911 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall designate in their national policy frameworks TEN-T core maritime ports that shall provide access to the refuelling points for LNG referred to in paragraph 1, also taking into consideration actual and expected future market needs and developments, while ensuring return on investment when private operators are asked to provide LNG refuelling points.
Amendment 950 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By 1 January 2024, each Member State shall prepare and send to the Commission a draft national policy framework including a detailed funding plan for the development of the market as regards alternative fuels in the transport sector and the deployment of the relevant infrastructure.
Amendment 967 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) measures to promote alternative fuels infrastructure in urban nodes, in particular with respect to publicly accessible recharging points;
Amendment 978 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k
(k) measures to remove possible obstacles with regards to planning, permitting and procuring of alternative fuels infrastructure as well as ensure the following:;
Amendment 979 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k – point i (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k – point i (new)
i) the density of publicly accessible alternative fuels infrastructure nationally available takes into account the population density and the number of registrations of vehicles, powered by alternative fuels as referred to in Article 2 (3), in the local area based on NUTS 3 level in accordance with the latest NUTS classification;
Amendment 980 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k – point ii (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point k – point ii (new)
ii) the minimum fleet-based vehicle to charger ratio of 10:1.
Amendment 989 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point m
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point m
(m) a deployment plan for alternative fuels infrastructure in maritime ports, in particular for electricity and hydrogen, for port services as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council66 , while considering actual as well as future market needs and ensuring return on investment when private operators are asked to provide refuelling and recharging infrastructure; _________________ 66 Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2017 establishing a framework for the provision of port services and common rules on the financial transparency of ports (OJ L 57, 3.3.2017, p. 1).
Amendment 993 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point n
(n) a deployment plan for alternative fuels infrastructure in maritime ports other than for LNG and shore-side electricity supply for use by sea going vessels, in particular for hydrogen, ammonia and electricity;, while considering actual as well as future market needs and ensuring return on investment when private operators are asked to provide refuelling and recharging infrastructure.
Amendment 1001 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point o
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point o
(o) a deployment plan for alternative fuels in inland waterway transport, in particular for both hydrogen and electricity;
Amendment 1006 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point p
(p) a deployment plan including targets, key milestones and financing needed, for hydrogen or battery electric trainalternative fuels on network segments that will not be electrified.
Amendment 1026 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that national policy frameworks take into account, as appropriate, the interests of regional and local authorities, in particular when recharging and refuelling infrastructure for public transport is concerned, as well as those of the stakeholders concerned, in particular transport and energy infrastructure providers.
Amendment 1088 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. Relevant, consistent and clear information shall be made available as regards motor vehicles which can be regularly fuelled with individual fuels placed on the market, or recharged by recharging points. That information shall be made available in motor vehicle manuals, at refuelling and recharging points, on motor vehicles and in motor vehicle dealerships in their territory. This requirement shall apply to all motor vehicles, and their motor vehicle manuals, placed on the market after 18 November20 March 20216.
Amendment 1090 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) on corresponding pumps and their nozzles at all new and refurbished refuelling points, as from the date on which fuels are placed on the market; or
Amendment 1091 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) in the immediate proximity of all fuel tanks' filling caps of motor vehicles recommended for and compatible with that fuel and in motor vehicle manuals, when such motor vehicles are placed on the market after 18 November20 March 20216.
Amendment 1092 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1105 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a – point iv a (new)
Amendment 1115 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii
(iii) ad hoc price and any possible additional charges.
Amendment 1118 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c – point iii a (new)
(iii a) accepted payment methods
Amendment 1127 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure the accessibility of data on an open and non- discriminatory basis to all stakeholders through their National Access Point in application of Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and the Council67 . Where data has been made available at no cost by charging point operators, it shall be made available to end users at no cost by member states. _________________ 67 Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (OJ L 207, 6.8.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 1133 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Where these additional specifications create a significant burden on recharging point operators in terms of business impact or efforts related to data collection and provision, the data shall be made available at a reasonable and non- discriminatory cost.
Amendment 79 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Tackling carbon leakage requires a global action. The European Union must not only lead by example, but also cooperate with its partners to establish a global carbon price or create a climate club with “like-minded partners” as a long-term solution. Thus, the European Union should reinforce its climate diplomacy and open discussion with third countries, which are interested in adopting similar measure to CBAM, in order to harmonise their instruments.
Amendment 93 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However,The system of free allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provideprovides s an additional price signal via benchmarks for the installations receiving ithem compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissions in a positive manner.
Amendment 94 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, fFree allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissionsat the level of the benchmark, which safeguards the sector-wide incentive to reduce emissions under the ETS, has proven to be an effective measure to reduce the risk of carbon leakage.
Amendment 105 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The CBAM seeks to replace these existingwould introduce a new mechanisms by addressing the risk of carbon leakage in a different way, namely by ensuring equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transition from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased in while free allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM are phased out. The combined and transitional, thereby ensuring that carbon emissions on goods consumed and used in the Union are priced equally and that the polluter pays principle applies, regardless of where the emissions have taken place. The combined application of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge and of the CBAM should in no case result in more favourable treatment for Union goods compared to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union.
Amendment 131 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to exclude from the CBAM third countries or territories fully integrated into, or linked, to the EU ETS in the event of future agreements, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the list of countries in Annex II. Conversely, those third countries or territories should be excluded from the list in Annex II and be subject to CBAM whereby they do not effectively charge the ETS price on goods exported to the Union. The Commission should continuously monitor this and inform the Parliament and the Council if any change occurs
Amendment 165 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The goods under this Regulation should be selected after a careful analysis of their relevance in terms of cumulated GHG emissions and risk of carbon leakage in the corresponding EU ETS sectors while limiting complexity and administrative burden. In particular, the actual selection should take into account basic materials and basic products covered by the EU ETS with the objective of ensuring that imports of energy intensive products into the Union are on equal footing with EU products in terms of EU ETS carbon pricing, and to mitigate risks of carbon leakage. Other relevant criteria to narrow the selection should be: firstly, relevance of sectors in terms of emissions, namely whether the sector is one of the largest aggregate emitters of GHG emissions; secondly, sector’s exposure to significant risk of carbon leakage, as defined pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; thirdly, the need to balance broad coverage in terms of GHG emissions while limiting complexity and administrative effort; fourthly, the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chain disruption and the increasing of prices in raw materials and other strategic sectors.
Amendment 226 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) The Commission should monitor any changes in trade flows attributable to the CBAM, both to assess the efficiency of the measure and to identify practices of circumvention. In order to remedy circumvention of the provisions of this Regulation, the powerCommission should propose to adoapt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be delthis Regulation when it is deemed necessary and possible, with regaterd to the Commission in respect of supplementing the list of goods in Annex Iinternational commitments of the Union, such as those under the WTO.
Amendment 237 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The mechanism willshould, if effective, progressively become an alternative to the mechanisms established under Directive 2003/87/EC to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, notably the allocation of allowances free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of that Directive, without prejudice to the maintenance of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge until 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proven to be effective to prevent the risk of carbon leakage both for imports into or exports from the customs territory of the Union.
Amendment 377 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 475 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, an in-depthe assessment - developed in close cooperation with the industrial sectors, of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, including down stream products using goods covered by this Regulation, as well as an assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future. Finally it contains an assessment of extending the scope of this Regulation by including an export adjustment mechanism or the maintenance of free allowances for the EU production destined to the export, in order to ensure a level playing field also for European products that are exported.
Amendment 487 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. The report by the Commission shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal. The proposal should consider, inter alia, the option to maintain the allocation of free allowances for EU exports and to allocate a refund for the carbon costs that EU producers incur under the EU Emissions Trading System.
Amendment 505 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 35 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the carbon price due in a country of origin for the embedded emissions in the imported goods, which is not subject to an export rebate or other form of compensation on exportation.
Amendment 546 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 6
Annex III – point 6
Amendment 65 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In the European Green Deal, the Commission stated its intention to take additional measures to address greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime transport sector through a basket of measures to enable the Union to reach its emissions reduction targets. In this context, Directive 2003/87/EC should be amended to include the maritime transport sector in the EU ETS in order to ensure this sector contributes to the increased climate objectives of the Union as well as to the objectives of the Paris Agreement, which requires developed countries to take the lead by undertaking economy-wide emission reduction targets, while developing countries are encouraged to move over time towards economy-wide emission reduction or limitation targets.49 Considering that emissions from international aviation outside Europe should be capped from January 2021 by global market-based action while there is no action in place that caps or prices maritime transport emissions, it is appropriatemight be highly detrimental that the EU ETS would covers a share of the emissions from voyages between a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and port under the jurisdiction of a third country, with the third country being able to decide on appropriate action in respect of the other share of emissions. The extension of the EU ETS to the maritime transport sector should thus include half of the emissions from ships performing voyages arriving at a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State from a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State, half of the emissions from ships performing voyages departing from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and arriving at a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State,because it might cause a loss of competitiveness to our ports, especially in the transhipment sector. In addition, ships operating routes included in the Motorways of the Seas or granting territorial continuity as a public service to islands should not be considered in the scope of the EU ETS, in order to avoid the concrete risk of a modal backshift to more pollutant sectors in the former case, as well as the risk of endangering territorial continuity in the latter one. The extension of the EU ETS to the maritime transport sector should thus include half of the emissions from ships performing voyages arriving at a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State, and fifty percent of emissions at berth in a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State. This approach has been noted as a practical way to solve the issue of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Capabilities, which has been a longstanding challenge in the UNFCCC context. The coverage of a share of the emissions from both incoming and outgoing voyages between the Union and third countries ensures the effectiveness of the EU ETS, notably by increasing the environmental impact of the measure compared to a geographical scope limited to voyages within the EU, while limiting the risk of evasive port calls and the risk of delocalisation of transhipment activities outside the Union. To ensure a smooth inclusion of the sector in the EU ETS, the surrendering of allowances by shipping companies should be gradually increased with respect to verified emissions reported for the period 20238 to 202530. To protect the environmental integrity of the system, to the extent that fewer allowances are surrendered in respect of verified emissions for maritime transport during those years, once the difference between verified emissions and allowances surrendered has been established each year, a corresponding a number of allowances should be cancelled. As from 202631, shipping companies should surrender the number of allowances corresponding to all of their verified emissions reported in the preceding year. __________________ 49 Paris Agreement, Article 4(4).
Amendment 102 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The scope of the Innovation Fund referred to in Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC should be extended to support innovation in low-carbon technologies and processes that concern the consumption of fuels in the sectors of buildings and road transport. In addition, the Innovation Fund should serve to support investments to decarbonise the maritime transport sector, including investments in sustainable alternative fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia that are produced from renewables, as well asvestments to decarbonise the maritime transport sector, including investments in sustainable alternative fuels and infrastructures, such as LNG as a middle- term solution, and hydrogen and ammonia as a long-term solution, but also zero- emission propulsion technologies like wind technologies. Considering that revenues generated from penalties raised in Regulation xxxx/xxxx [FuelEU Maritime]52 are allocated to the Innovation Fund as external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission should ensure that due consideration is given to support for innovative projects aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of renewable and low carbon fuels and infrastructures in the maritime sector, as specified in Article 21(1) of Regulation xxxx/xxxx [FuelEU Maritime]. To ensure sufficient funding is available for innovation within this extended scope, the Innovation Fund should be supplemented with 50 million allowances, stemming partly from the allowances that could otherwise be auctioned, and partly from the allowances that could otherwise be allocated for free, in accordance with the current proportion of funding provided from each source to the Innovation Fund. __________________ 52[add ref to the FuelEU Maritime Regulation].
Amendment 113 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
Amendment 129 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 143 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 153 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 155 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 165 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
Amendment 170 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 183 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 188 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 55
Recital 55
Amendment 192 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 202 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 57
Recital 57
Amendment 204 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 212 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59
Recital 59
Amendment 216 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
Recital 60
Amendment 230 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 66
Recital 66
Amendment 232 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) It is necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2015/757 to take into account the inclusion of the maritime transport sector in the EU ETS. Regulation (EU) 2015/757 should be amended to modify the threshold set out in that Regulation from 5 000 GT of size to 5 000 Kw of engine propulsion, in order to take into account all the relevant emitters in maritime sector. Moreover, Regulation (EU) 2015/757 should be amended to oblige companies to report aggregated emissions data at company level and to submit for approval their verified monitoring plans and aggregated emissions data at company level to the responsible administering authority. In addition, the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts to amend the methods for monitoring CO2 emissions and the rules on monitoring, as well as any other relevant information set out in Regulation (EU) 2015/757, to ensure the effective functioning of the EU ETS at administrative level and to supplement Regulation (EU) 2015/757 with the rules for the approval of monitoring plans and changes thereof by administering authorities, with the rules for the monitoring, reporting and submission of the aggregated emissions data at company level and with the rules for the verification of the aggregated emissions data at company level and for the issuance of a verification report in respect of the aggregated emissions data at company level. The data monitored, reported and verified under Regulation (EU) 2015/757 might also be used for the purpose of compliance with other Union law requiring the monitoring, reporting and verification of the same ship information.
Amendment 246 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point v
Article 3 – point v
(v) ‘shipping company’ means the shipowner or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or the bareboat charterer, that has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the shipowner and that, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over the duty to comply, entirely or partially, with this Directive as well as all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*);
Amendment 263 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point x
Article 3 – point x
Amendment 265 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point y
Article 3 – point y
Amendment 268 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3 – point z
Article 3 – point z
Amendment 269 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3a
Article 3a
Articles 3b to 3f shall apply to the allocation and issue of allowances in respect of the aviation activities listed in Annex I. Articles 3g to 3ge shall apply in respect of the maritime transport activities listed in Annex I, with the exception of ships operating routes included in the Motorways of the Seas or performing services of general economic interest (SGEI) under public service obligations (PSOs), including granting territorial continuity.
Amendment 271 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3g – paragraph 1
Article 3g – paragraph 1
1. The allocation of allowances and the application of surrender requirements in respect of maritime transport activities shall apply in respect of fifty percent (50 %) of theCO2 emissions from ships performing voyages departing from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and arriving at a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State, fifty percent (50 %) of the emissions from ships performing voyage departing from a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State and arriving at a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State, one hundredunder the jurisdiction of a Member State and fifty percent (1050 %) of emissions from ships performing voyages departing from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and arriving at a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and one hundred percent (100 %) ofCO2 emissions from ships at berth in a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
Amendment 280 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3g – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3g – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 281 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3g – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3g – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. European Commission shall pursue with the establishment of global market-based measure in partnership with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in order to extend the scope of the EU ETS for maritime transport to cover the CO2 emissions from ships performing voyages departing from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State and arriving at a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State and emissions from ships performing voyages from a port outside the jurisdiction of a Member State and arriving at a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State.
Amendment 286 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/83/EC
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point a.
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point a.
(a) 20 % of verified emissions reported for 20239;
Amendment 288 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/83/EC
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 45 % of verified emissions reported for 202430;
Amendment 294 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 70 % of verified emissions reported for 202531;
Amendment 295 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3ga – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 100 % of verified emissions reported for 20326 and each year thereafter.
Amendment 301 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3ga – paragraph 2
Article 3ga – paragraph 2
To the extent that fewer allowances are surrendered compared to the verified emissions from maritime transport for the years 20239, 202430 and 202531, once the difference between verified emissions and allowances surrendered has been established in respect of each year, a corresponding quantity of allowances shall be cancelled rather than auctioned pursuant to Article 10. The phasing in of the EU ETS for the maritime sector shall be conditional on a full assessment to be conducted before 2028 that ascertain the availability of alternative fuels and technologies and an adequate infrastructural network in each EU Member State. Based on the above assessment, the phasing-in shall be further postponed and/or differentiated geographically based on the effective availability of alternative fuels and technologies at national level. By way of derogation, regular passenger and ferry services engaged in cabotage and island cabotage operations shall be temporarily exempted until a full assessment demonstrates the availability of alternative fuels and technologies in the areas concerned.
Amendment 314 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3gd a (new)
Article 3gd a (new)
Article 3gd a The Commission shall establish a dedicated Maritime Transport Fund to support and accelerate projects, investments and innovations in the EU maritime sector. At least 75% of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in Article 3g shall be allocated to this Fund. The dedicated Fund shall support and facilitate the transition to energy efficient and climate resilient EU maritime sector, providing funding to companies for technological, fleet renewal and retrofitting investments as well as to support improvement of the energy efficiency of ships and ports and the deployment of the necessary infrastructure for decarbonising the maritime transport sector. The remained 25% of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances shall be allocated to the Innovation Fund, in order to support the deployment and realization of intermodal projects, shift to rail and combined transport within the ports included in the TEN-T core network.
Amendment 316 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3gd – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3gd – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) before 1 February 20249, publish a list of shipping companies which performed a maritime activity listed in Annex I that fell within the scope defined in Article 3g on or with effect from 1 January 20239, specifying the administering authority for each shipping company in accordance with paragraph 1; and
Amendment 323 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3ge – paragraph 1
Article 3ge – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall consider possible amendments in relation to the adoption by the International Maritime Organization of a global market-based measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport. In the event of the adoption of such a measure, and in any event before the 20328 global stocktake and no later than 30 September 20328, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council in which it shall examine any such measure. Where appropriate, the Commission may follow to the report with a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council to amend this Directive as appropriate.
Amendment 327 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 3ge – paragraph 2
Article 3ge – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall monitor the implementation of this Chapter and possible trends as regards companies seeking to avoid being bound by the requiremennd adverse impacts as regards, inter alia, possible transport cost increases, port evasion and shift of transhipment hubs, the competitiveness of the maritime sector in the EU Member States, taking account of the specificities of each fleet segment. Particular attention should be paid to the adverse impacts ofn this Directive. If appropriate, the Commission shall propose measures to prevent such avoidance.; ose shipping services that provide essential services of “territorial continuity”. All potential impacts should be assessed considering the aggregated effects of the different policy measures under the Fit for 55 package as well as the specific impacts in each Member State. The Commission shall propose measures to prevent such adverse impacts and develop adequate support mechanisms.
Amendment 338 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
In [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be decreased by [-- million allowances (to be determined depending on year of entry into force)]. In the same year, the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be increased by 79 million[number corresponding to scope of application to maritime transport activities as set out in Article3g of Directive 2003/87/EC] allowances for maritime transport. Starting in [the year following entry into force of this amendment], the linear factor shall be 4,2 %. The Commission shall publish the Union-wide quantity of allowances within 3 months of [date of entry into force of the amendment to be inserted].;
Amendment 348 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point h
Amendment 363 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 10a – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
The Innovation Fund shall cover the sectors listed in Annex I and Annex III, including environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (“CCU”) that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, alternative fuels such as LNG or zero-emission fuels such as ammonia or hydrogen, as well as products substituting carbon intensive ones produced in sectors listed in Annex I, and to help stimulate the construction and operation of projects aimed at the environmentally safe capture and geological storage (“CCS”) of CO2, as well as of innovative renewable energy and energy storage technologies; in geographically balanced locations. The Innovation Fund may also support break- through innovative technologies and infrastructure to decarbonise the maritime sector and for the production of low- and zero-carbon fuels in aviation, rail and road transport. Special attention shall be given to projects in sectors covered by the [CBAM regulation] to support innovation in low carbon technologies, CCU, CCS, renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change.
Amendment 384 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point c a new
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – point c a new
Amendment 406 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Directive 2003/87/EC
Chapter IVa
Chapter IVa
Amendment 456 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph (-1 a) new
Article 3 – paragraph (-1 a) new
Regulation (EU) 2015/757
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 473 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point a
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex I – point 2
Annex I – point 2
Amendment 483 #
2021/0211(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 3 – point c
Annex I – point 3 – point c
Directive 2003/87/EC
Annex IV – part C
Annex IV – part C
Amendment 105 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In the context of fuel transition to renewable and low carbon fuels and substitute sources of energy, it is essential to ensure the proper functioning of and fair competition in the EU maritime transport market regarding marine fuels, which account for a substantial share of ship operators’ costs. Total cost of ownership of shipping assets shall be a driving variable in the decisions taken by policy makers, while guiding the search for the optimal decarbonisation pathways in the shipping industry. Differences in fuel requirements across Member States of the Union can significantly affect ship operators’ economic performance and negatively impact competition in the market. Due to the international nature of shipping, ship operators may easily bunker in third countries and carry large amounts of fuel. This may lead to carbon leakage and detrimental effects on the competitiveness of the sector if the availability of renewable and low carbon fuels in maritime ports under the jurisdiction of a Member State is not accompanied by a scaled production and due requirements for their use that apply to all ship operators arriving at and departing from ports under the jurisdiction of Member States. This Regulation should lay down measures to ensure that the penetration of renewable low-carbon fuels in the marine fuels market takes place under the conditions of fair competition on the EU maritime transport market, leaving shipping operators the choice of lower abatement cost option. This is essential to guarantee the competitiveness of European shipping industries and the relevance of logistic routes linking European ports with global trade. LNG today plays a role as a transition low- carbon fuel, while laying the ground for the roll out of bioLNG and eLNG in the forthcoming decades. The Commission shall consider the technological advantages of these decarbonized alternatives in terms of abatement cost and infrastructure readiness, particularly with regards to hydrogen and ammonia- based shipping.
Amendment 145 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) While instruments such as carbon pricing or targets on the carbon intensity of activity promote improvements in energy efficiency, they are not suited to bring about a significant shift towards renewable and low-carbon fuels in the short and medium term. A specific regulatory approach dedicated to the deployment of renewable and low-carbon marine fuels and substitute sources of energy, such as wind or electricity, is therefore necessary is therefore necessary to be implemented in a goal-based, technology neutral and cost effective manner.
Amendment 156 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Development and deployment of renewable and low carbon fuels with a high potential for sustainability, commercial maturity and a high potential for innovation and growth to meet future needs should be promoted. This will support creating innovative and competitive fuels markets and ensure sufficient supply of sustainable maritime fuels in the short and long term to contribute to Union transport decarbonisation ambitions, while strengthening Union’s efforts towards a high level of environmental protection. For this purpose, liquefied natural gas and other sustainable maritime fuels produced from feedstock listed in Parts A and B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, as well as synthetic maritime fuels should be eligible. In particular, liquefied natural gas and other sustainable maritime fuels produced from feedstock listed in Part B of Annex IX of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 are essential, as currently the most commercially mature technology to decarbonise maritime transport already in the short term.
Amendment 194 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The use of on-shore power supply (OPS) abates air pollution produced by ships as well as reduces the amount of GHG emissions generated by maritime transport. OPS represents an increasingly clean power supply available to ships at berth, in view of the growing renewables share in the EU electricity mix. While only the provision on OPS connection points is covered by Directive 2014/94/EU (Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive – AFID), the demand for and, as a result, the deployment of this technology has remained limited. Therefore specific rules should be established to mandate the use of OPS by the most polluting ships, preserving the compliance between this regulation and XXX [AFIR] Regulation.
Amendment 198 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In addition to OPS, other technologies might be capable of offering equivalent environmental benefits in ports. When on a well to wake approach the use of an alternative technology is demonstrated to be equivalent to the use of OPS, a ship should be exempted from its use of OPS.
Amendment 275 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 287 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
If a thorough ex-ante impact assessment regarding the risks of cargo diversion establishes that no major negative impacts on EU ports are expected, the Commission shall propose an amendment to this Regulation aiming at applying the Regulation to X percent (X%) of the energy used on voyages departing from or arriving to a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member State, where the last or the next port of call is under the jurisdiction of a third country.
Amendment 296 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘renewable fuels of non-biological origin’ means liquid and gaseous transport renewable fuels of non- biological origin as defined in Article 2, point (36), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;
Amendment 363 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
[Asterix: The reference value, which calculation will be carried out at a later stage of the legislative procedure, corresponds to the fleet average greenhouse gas intensity of the energy used on-board by ships in 202019 determined on the basis data monitored and reported in the framework of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 and using the methodology and default values laid down in Annex I to that Regulation.] The phase-in timescale, as laid down in Paragraph 2, shall take into account the availability of alternative solutions to the use of current fuels and be revised, if necessary, on the basis of the report that the Commission shall present on the evolution of technologies and market for renewable and low fuels in maritime transport, pursuant to Article 28 of the present Regulation].
Amendment 392 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030, a ship at berth in a port of call under the jurisdiction of a Member Statemoored at the quayside in a port of call that falls within the scope of Article 9 of XXX [AFIR] Regulation, shall connect to on-shore power supply and use it for all energy needs while at berth, except for boilers and other thermal devices which can't be powered through OPS.
Amendment 430 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) that are unable to connect to on- shore power supply due to unavailable connection points at the visited berth in a port;
Amendment 453 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. According to Article 28, the European Commission should present a report on the availability of infrastructures for on shore power supply in the European ports' system by 2030. In case the infrastructure is not completely built up and functioning in a given port, the exceptions listed under paragraph 3 should remain into force until its completion.
Amendment 490 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) biofuels and biogas that do not comply with point (a) or that are produced from food and feed crops of high indirect land-use change-risk shall be considered to have the same emission factors as the least favourable fossil fuel pathway for this type of fuel;
Amendment 499 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 501 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Amendment 580 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The penalties referred to in Article 20(1) and 20(2) shall be allocated to support common projects aimed at the rapid deployment of renewable and low carbon fuels in the maritime sector. Projects financed by the funds collected from the penalties shall stimulate the production of greater quantities of renewable and low carbon fuels for the maritime sector, facilitate the construction of appropriate bunkering facilities or electric connection ports in ports, and support the development, testing and deployment of the most innovative European technologies in the fleet, as well as stimulating fleet renewal across the European Union maritime technology industry, to achieve significant emission reductions.
Amendment 656 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Annex I – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 669 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 11
Annex II – paragraph 11
Column 7 contains the emission factor Cf for methane in [gCH4/gfuel]. Default values as contained in the table shall be used. Values certified by mean of testing can be used in place of the default values. For LNG fuels (i.e. LNG, bio-LNG and e- LNG) Cf for methane are set to zero.
Amendment 671 #
2021/0210(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – paragraph 13
Annex II – paragraph 13
Column 9 identifies the part of fuel lost as fugitive emissions (Cslip) measure as % of mass of fuel used by the specific energy converter. Default values as contained in the table shall be used. Values certified by mean of testing can be used in place of the default values. For fuels such as LNG for which the fugitive emissions (slip) exists, the amount of fugitive emissions as presented in Table 1 is expressed in % of the mass of fuel used (Column 9). The values contained in Column 9 shall be used, in accordance with equation (1). The values of Cslip in Table (1) are calculated at 50% of the engine load. Default values as contained in the table shall be used. Values certified by mean of testing can be used in place of the default values.
Amendment 89 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 90 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 109 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) When designing policy measures to fulfil the energy savings obligation, Member States should respect the climate and environmental standards and priorities of the Union and comply with the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2020/85271. Member States should not promote activities that are not environmentally sustainable such as use of solid fossil fuels. The energy savings obligation aims at strengthening the response to climate change by promoting incentives to Member States to implement a sustainable and clean policy mix, which is resilient, and mitigates climate change. Therefore, energy savings from policy measures regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion will not be eligible energy savings under energy savings obligation as of transposition of this Directive. It will allow aligning the energy savings obligation with the objectives of the European Green Deal, the Climate Target Plan, the Renovation Wave Strategy, and mirror the need for action identified by the IEA in its net zero report72. The restriction aims at encouraging Member States to spend public money into future-proof, sustainable technologies only. It is important that Member States provide a clear policy framework and investment certainty to market actors. The implementation of the calculation methodology under energy savings obligation should allow all market actors to adapt their technologies in a reasonable timeframe. Where Member States support the uptake of efficient fossil fuel technologies or early replacement of such technology, for example through subsidy schemes or energy efficiency obligation schemes, energy savings may not be eligible anymore under the energy savings obligation. While energy savings resulting, for example, from the promotion of natural gas-based cogeneration would not be eligible, the restriction would not apply for indirect fossil fuel usage, for example where the electricity production includes fossil fuel generation. Policy measures targeting behavioural changes to reduce the consumption of fossil fuel, for example through information campaigns, eco- driving, should remain eligible. The energy savings from policy measures targeting building renovations may contain measures such as a replacement of fossil fuel heating systems together with building fabric improvements, which should be limited to those technologies that allow achieving the required energy savings according to the national building codes established in a Member State. Nevertheless, Member States should promote upgrading heating systems as part of deep renovations in line with the long- term objective of carbon neutrality, i.e. reducing the heating demand and covering the remaining heating demand with a carbon-free energy source. _________________ 71 Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088, OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13). 72IEA (International Energy Agency) (2021), Net Zero by 2050 A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector, https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by- 2050).
Amendment 114 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Member States' energy efficiency improvement measures in transport are eligible to be taken into account for achieving their end-use energy savings obligation. Such measures include policies that are, inter alia, dedicated to promoting more efficient vehicles, a modal shift to cycling, walking and collective transport, or mobility and urban planning that reduces demand for transport. In addition, schemes which accelerate the uptake of new, more efficient vehicles or policies fostering a shift to fuels with reduced levels of emissions, except policy measures regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion, that reduce energy use per kilometre are also capable of being eligible, subject to compliance with the rules on materiality and additionality set out in Annex V to this Directive. Policy measures promoting the uptake of new fossil fuel vehicles should not qualify as eligible measures under the energy savings obligation.
Amendment 120 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) Member States and obligated parties should make use of all available means and technologies, except regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion technologies, to achieve the cumulative end-use energy savings required, including by promoting sustainable technologies in efficient district heating and cooling systems, efficient heating and cooling infrastructure and energy audits or equivalent management systems, provided that the energy savings claimed comply with the requirements laid down in Article 8 and Annex V to this Directive. Member States should aim for a high degree of flexibility in the design and implementation of alternative policy measures. Member States should encourage actions resulting in energy savings over the long lifetimes.
Amendment 130 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 123
Recital 123
(123) Energy generated on or in buildings from renewable energy technologies reduces the amount of energy supplied from fossil fuels. The reduction of energy consumption and the use of energy from renewable sources in the buildings sector are important measures to reduce the Union's energy dependence and greenhouse gas emissions, especially in view of ambitious climate and energy objectives set for 2030 as well as the global commitment made in the context of the Paris Agreement. For the purposes of their cumulative energy savings obligation Member States may take into account energy savings from policy measures promoting renewable technologies to meet their energy savings requirements in accordance with the calculation methodology provided in this Directive . Energy savings from policy measures regarding the use of direct fossil fuel combustion should not be counted.
Amendment 135 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. ‘energy system’ means a system primarily designed to supply energy- services to satisfy the demand of end-use sectors for energy in the forms of heat, cooling, fuels, and electricity.
Amendment 138 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. ‘final energy consumption’ means all energy supplied to industry, transport (including energy consumption in international aviation) , households, public and private services, agriculture , forestry and fishing and other end-users (final consumers of energy). It excludes energy consumption in international maritime bunkers, ambient heat and deliveries to the transformation sector, the energy sector and losses due to transmission and distribution (definitions in Annex A of Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 apply);
Amendment 150 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e – point iv a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e – point iv a (new)
iv (a) Availability of energy infrastructure
Amendment 154 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States may take into account climatic variations within the Member State when calculating their public bodies’ final energy consumption. Member States shall ensure that these provisions do not negatively affect providers of services of general interest in the pursuit of their activities.
Amendment 163 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Transport policy measures and public investments in major transport infrastructure projects must be based on a provisional life cycle carbon analysis incorporating the impacts of the project on traffic flows and modal shifts as well as more energy-efficient alternatives.
Amendment 165 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(1) Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council92, each Member State shall ensure that at least 3 % of the total floor area of heated and/or cooled buildings owned by public bodies is renovated each year to at least be transformed into nearly zero-energy buildings in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU. Railway installations (standard gauge railways, underground railways and tramways), workshops, operational buildings, warehouses and buildings conserved as monuments shall be exempt from the obligation. _________________ 92Directive 2010/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 166 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
(1) Member States shall furthermore ensure that contracting authorities and contracting entities, when concluding public contracts and concessions with a value equal to or greater than the thresholds laid down in Article 8 of Directive 2014/23/EU, Article 4 of Directive 2014/24/EU and referred to in the first subparagraph, apply the energy efficiency first principle referred to in Article 153 of this Directive 2014/25/EU, purchase only products, services, buildings and works with high energy- efficiency performance in accordance with the, including for those public contracts and concessions for which no specific requirements areferred to provided in Annex IV to this Directive.
Amendment 170 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) new savings each year from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2030 of 1,5 % of annual final energy consumption, averaged over the three-year period prior to 1 January 2020.
Amendment 191 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
(1) National energy regulatory authorities shall apply the energy efficiency first principle in accordance with Article 3 of this Directive in carrying out the regulatory tasks specified in Directives (EU) 2019/944 and 2009/73/EC regarding their decisions on the operation of the gas and electricity infrastructure, including their decisions on network tariffs, taking into account cross-sectoral system efficiency.
Amendment 194 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
(2) Member States shall ensure that gas and electricity transmission and distribution network operators apply the energy efficiency first principle in accordance with Article 3 of this Directive in their network planning, network development and investment decisions. While taking security of supply and market integration into account, Member States shall ensure that transmission system operators and distribution system operators do not invest in strandedfuture-proof assets to contribute to climate change mitigation. National regulatory authorities should provide methodologies and guidance on how to assess alternatives in the cost- benefit analysis, taking into account wider benefits, and verify the implementation of the energy efficiency first principle by the transmission system operators or distribution system operators when approving, verifying or monitoring the projects submitted by the transmission system operators or distribution system operators.
Amendment 195 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall ensure that transmission and distribution network operators map network losses and take cost-effective measures to reduce network losses. Transmission and distribution network operators shall report those measures and expected energy savings through the reduction of network losses to the national energy regulatory authority. National energyrecord network losses. The national regulatory authorities shall limit the possibility forencourage transmission and distribution network operators to recover avoidabloptimise network losses from tariffs paid by consumerand monitor developments in respect of network losses. Member States shall ensure that transmission and distribution operators assess energy efficiency improvement measures with regard to their existing gas or electricity transmission or distribution systems and improve energy efficiency in infrastructure design and operation. Member States shall encourage transmission and distribution network operators to develop innovative solutions to improve the energy efficiency of existing systems through incentive based regulations.
Amendment 196 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
(7) National regulatory authorities shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that are detrimental to the energyoverall efficiency of the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and gas.
Amendment 200 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Annex III – point a – paragraph 1 – indent 3
— direct emissions of the carbon dioxide from cogeneration production that is fuelled with fossil fuels, are less than 270 gCO2 per 1 kWh of energy output from the combined generation (including heating/cooling, power and mechanical energy). This requirement for a high level of efficiency applies from the entry into force of the directive in the case of new installations, and from 2030 for incumbent installations.
Amendment 208 #
2021/0203(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex V – point 2 – point g
Annex V – point 2 – point g
(g) policies with the purpose of encouraging higher levels of energy efficiency of products, equipment, transport systems, vehicles and fuels, buildings and building elements, processes or markets shall be permitted, except those policy measures regarding the use of direct combustion of fossil fuel technologies, that are implemented as from 1 January 2024;
Amendment 23 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to contribute to the increased ambition to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions from at least 40 % to at least 55 % below 1990 levels, implementable, binding annual targets for net greenhouse gas removals should be set out for each Member State in the land use, land use change and forestry sector in the period from 2026 to 2030 (in analogy to the annual emission allocations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council32 ), resulting in a target of 310 millions of tonnes CO2 equivalent of net removals for the Union as a whole in 2030. The methodology used to establish the national targets for 2030 should take into account the average greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the years 20168, 20179 and 201820, reported by each Member State, and reflect the current mitigation performance of the land use, land use change and forestry sector, and each Member State’s share of the managed land area in the Union, taking into account the capacity of that Member State to improve its performance in the sector via land management practices or changes in land use that benefit the climate and biodiversity. __________________ 32Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).
Amendment 36 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The land sector has the potential to become rapidly climate-neutral by 2035 in a cost-effective manner, and subsequently generate more greenhouse gas removals than emissions. A collective, achievable commitment aiming to achieve climate- neutrality in the land sector in 2035 at EU level can provide the needed planning certainty to drive land- based mitigation action in the short term, considering that it can take many years for such action to deliver the desired mitigation outcomes. Moreover, the land sector is projected to become the largest sector in the EU greenhouse gas flux profile in 2050. It is therefore particularly important to anchor that sector to a trajectory that can effectively deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By mid-2024, the Member States should submit their updated integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . The plans should include relevant measures by which each Member State best contributes to the collective target of climate neutrality in the land sector at EU level in 2035. On the basis of these plans, the Commission should propose national targets, ensuring that the Union-wide greenhouse gas emissions and removals in the land use, land use change and forestry sector and the emissions from the agriculture non-CO2 sectors are at least balanced by 2035. Contrary to the EU level target of climate neutrality for the land sector by 2035, such national targets will be binding and enforceable on each Member State. __________________ 34Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p.1).
Amendment 38 #
2021/0201(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The accounting rules set out in Articles 6, 7, 8 and 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 were designed to determine the extent to which mitigation performance in the land use, land use change and forestry sector could actually contribute to the 2030 EU target for reduction of greenhouse gas net emissions of 40 %, which did not include the land use, land use change and forestry sector. In order to simplify the regulatory framework for that sector, the current accounting rules should not apply after 2025, and the compliance with national targets of the Member States should be verified on the basis of reported greenhouse gas emissions and removals. This ensures methodological consistency with Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council35 , Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , and the determination of the new target for reduction of greenhouse gas net emissions of at least 55 %, which also includes the land use, land use change and forestry sector). __________________ 35Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading with the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32) as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 (OJ L 76, 19.3.2018, p. 3). 36Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).
Amendment 37 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to implement those commitments as well as the Union’s contributions under the Paris Agreement33 adopted under the UNFCCC, the Union regulatory framework to achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction target should be adapted. Nevertheless, it is necessary to take into account the negative economic and social effects that the achievement of these commitments could lead to, such as the loss of jobs, the increase of energy costs and prices, and corrective measures are necessary in order to avoid energy and transport poverty. __________________ 33 Paris Agreement (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4).
Amendment 38 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While emissions trading will also apply to greenhouse gas emissions from road and maritime transport as well as buildings,Since the environmental externalities of road transport are already regulated by the "Eurovignette" directive and the road sector is included in the scope of this Regulation (EU) 2018/842 will be maintained. Regulation (EU) 2018/842 will therefore continue applying to the greenhouse gas emissions from domestic navigation, but not to those from international navig, it should not be included as well in the EU ETS Directive. Nevertheless, in case emissions trading also applies to greenhouse gas emissions from road and maritime transport as well as buildings, the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 should be adapted in order to avoid possible over-regulation. Greenhouse gas emissions of a Member State within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to be taken into account for compliance checks will continue to be determined upon completion of inventory reviews in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and the Council34 . __________________ 34Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
Amendment 42 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 45 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In its conclusions of 11 December 2020 the European Council mentioned that the 2030 target will be delivered collectively by the Union in the most cost- effective manner possible, that all Member States will participate in this effort, taking into account considerations of fairness and solidarity, while leaving no one behind, and that the new 2030 target needs to be achieved in a way that preserves the Union’s competitiveness and takes account of Member States’ different starting points and specific national circumstances and emission reduction potential, including those of island Member States and islands, as well as efforts made. Therefore, the achievement of climate targets cannot be detrimental to the Union's economy and Member States should be provided with adequate flexibility in order safeguard the Union's competitiveness and social standards.
Amendment 146 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
(7 a) Article 15, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. This Regulation shall be kept under review taking into account, inter alia, evolving national circumstances, the manner in which all sectors of the economy contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, international developments and, efforts undertaken to achieve the long- term objectives of the Paris Agreement. , the progress in emission reductions of the road and maritime sectors. Therefore, the Commission shall assess and identify the existence of possible over- regulation of the abovementioned sectors. Or. en (Regulation (EU) 2018/842)
Amendment 148 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
(7 b) In Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, within six months of each global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation, including the balance between supply and demand for annual emission allocations, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, in particular with regard to the need for additional Union policies and measures in view of the necessary greenhouse gas emission reductions by the Union and its Member States, including a post-2030 framework, or the need of withdrawing existing policies and measures when over- regulation of specific sectors occurs, namely the road and maritime sectors in this Regulation and in the extended ETS, and may make proposals if appropriate. Or. en (Regulation (EU) 2018/842)
Amendment 28 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
–
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The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission Proposal.
Amendment 153 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – point ii
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 5 – point b
(ii) in point (b), the figure “31 %” is replaced by ‘350 %’,
Amendment 155 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph 5a
Article 1 – paragraph 5a
Amendment 166 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Article 1 – paragraph 6
Amendment 173 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Article 1 – paragraph 7
Amendment 182 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – new subparagraph
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – new subparagraph
Amendment 217 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 14a – paragraph 1
Article 14a – paragraph 1
Amendment 222 #
2021/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2019/631
Article 14a – paragraph 2
Article 14a – paragraph 2
In the reporting, the Commission shall consider all factors that contribute to a cost-efficient progress towards climate neutrality by 2050. This includes the deployment of zero- and low-emission vehicles, progress in achieving the targets for the roll-out of recharging and refuelling infrastructure as required under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, the potential contribution of innovation technologies and sustainable alternative fuels to reach climate neutral mobility, impact on consumers, progress in social dialogue as well as aspects to further facilitate an economically viable and socially fair transition towards zero emission road mobility.;
Amendment 241 #
Amendment 42 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At the same time, undertakings might receive subsidies from third countries, that provide public funds which are then used, for instance, to finance economic activities in the internal market in any sector of the economy, such as participation in public procurement tenders, or acquisitions of undertakings, including those with strategic assets such as critical infrastructure and innovative technologies. Such subsidies, including monetary financing of an economy to artificially lower the production costs, are currently not subject to Union State aid rules.
Amendment 52 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) It iscould therefore necessarybe useful to complement existing Union instruments with a new tool to effectively deal with distortions in the internal market caused by foreign subsidies and ensure a level playing field. In particular, the new tool complements Union State aid rules which deal with distortions in the internal market caused by Member State subsidies.
Amendment 53 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Rules and procedures to investigate foreign subsidies that actually or potentially distort the internal market should be laid down and, where relevant, those distortions should be redressed. Foreign subsidies benefitting a certain economic activity of an undertaking could distort the internal market if the undertaking benefitting from the foreign subsidy engages in anthat subsidized economic activity in the Union. This Regulation should therefore establish rules for all undertakings engaging in an economic activity in the Union. Given the significance of the economic activities pursued by SMEs, and their contribution to the fulfilment of the Union’s key policy goals, special attention is given to the impact of this Regulation on them.
Amendment 55 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To ensure a level playing field throughout the internal market and consistency in the application of this Regulation, the Commission should be the sole authority competent to apply this Regulation. The Commission should have the power to examine any foreign subsidy to the extent it is in the scope of this Regulation in any sector of the economy on its own initiative relying on information from all available sources. To ensure effective control, in the specific case of large concentrations (mergers and acquisitions) and public procurement procedures above certain thresholds, the Commission should have the power to review foreign subsidies based on a prior notification by the undertaking to the Commission.
Amendment 63 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) There should be a financial contribution provided, directly or indirectly, by the public authorities of a third country. The financial contribution may be granted through public or private entities. Whether a public entity provides a financial contribution should be determined on a case-by-case basis with due regard to elements such as the characteristics of the relevant entity and the legal and economic environment prevailing in the country in which the entity operates including the government’s role in the economy. Financial contributions may also be granted through a private entity if its actions can be attributed to the third country. Corporate bonds bought by a foreign central bank should also be considered as financial contributions.
Amendment 65 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Such a financial contribution should confer a benefit to an undertaking engaging in an economic activity in the internal market. A financial contribution that benefits an entity engaging in non- economic activities does not constitute a foreign subsidy. The existence of a benefit should be determined on the basis of comparative benchmarks, such as the investment practice of private investors, rates for financing obtainable on the market, a comparable tax treatment, tailored lending conditions, or the adequate remuneration for a given good or service.. If no directly comparable benchmarks are available, existing benchmarks could be adjusted or alternative benchmarks could be established based on generally accepted assessment methods.
Amendment 68 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Foreign subsidies to undertakings supplying energy to the Member States should be exempt from this Regulation;
Amendment 118 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
(2) This Regulation addresses foreign subsidies granted tobenefitting a certain economic activity of an undertaking engaging in anthat subsidized economic activity in the internal market. An undertaking acquiring control or merging with an undertaking established in the Union or an undertaking participating in a public procurement procedure is considered to be engaging in an economic activity in the internal market.
Amendment 121 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2 a) Foreign subsidies to undertakings supplying energy to Member States shall be exempt from this Regulation;
Amendment 126 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the transfer of funds or liabilities, such as capital injections, grants, loans, loan guarantees, tailored lending conditions, fiscal incentives, setting off of operating losses, compensation for financial burdens imposed by public authorities, debt forgiveness, debt to equity swaps or rescheduling, corporate bond buying programmes;
Amendment 129 #
2021/0114(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii
(ii) foreign public entities, whose actions can be attributed to the third country, taking into account elements such as the characteristics of the entity, the legal and economic environment prevailing in the State in which the entity operates including the government’s role in the economy, such as central banks or public investment banks; or
Amendment 1 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A (new) whereas in 2019, the value of total trade of agricultural goods between the EU and the rest of the world was €325 billion with a trade surplus of €39billion;1a _________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Extra- EU_trade_in_agricultural_goods#EU_tra de_in_agricultural_products:_surplus_of _.E2.82.AC39_billion
Amendment 5 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the aim of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to establish a sustainable, healthy and resilient food system which benefits consumers in the EU; recalls the importance of an overall impact assessment to make sure that any legislative measure is without prejudice to the EU internal market;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU trade policy has a majorn important role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, in line with the Paris A and must therefore also be consistent with international agreements and the European Green Dealconventions, such as the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare; takes the view, accordingly, that EU agri-food rules must also be taken into account by importers of products from third countries; emphasises that agricultural products which do not meet European standards must be kept out of the EU internal market, in particular in order to guarantee fair competition between producers in third countries and domestic farmers and producers;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that promoting healthy and sustainable food consumption calls for changesinvolves paying attention to diets, production systems and, internal trade and promoting public food education campaigns starting from primary schools;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that quality food, fair profits for producers, fair prices for consumers, food sovereignty, environmental protection and high standards of animal welfare are key objectives for a balanced consumption policy;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores that the new initiative proposed does not take into account the impact of the Covid-19crisis and the consequent food insecurity in the European market; in this regard, stresses with big concern that the Covid-19 crisis is expected to significantly increase the EU population unable to afford a healthy and nutritious meal;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to shorten the EU food supply chain and to make it less dependent on imports from third countries, thus increasing the EU’s resilience in order to meet the needs of consumers and to secure the food production and the stocks;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines that local production is - and will always be - more sustainable than global food production as it meets the immediate needs of consumers, reduces food waste, and can have a lesser impact on the environment by reducing transport related GHG emissions;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to step up its support for regional food systems and short supply chains, which act as a source of fresh, sustainable and better quality products for consumers; takes the view that legislation on European public procurement should be revised in order to foster local, high-quality food supply systems; underlines the fundamental role of public administrations in the collective catering sector, in which priority should be given to organic, traditional, typical products, products with geographical indication and from a short supply chain;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to identify practical ways of encouraging short supply chains, such as an exemption from VAT for products sold less than 100 km from their production site, and providing public spaces for the regular or seasonal sale of products from micro- enterprises or regional cooperatives;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that sustainable production should become a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmentthe Commission should take into account that sustainability is not only focused on environmental issues as it should be taken as a global concept also including economic and social aspects;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the main objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy should be to guarantee the access to healthy and nutritious food for consumers at a fair price, as well as ensuring decent salaries for producers; furthermore the strategy should strengthen the position of EU farmers and producers in the global food supply chain; in this regard the strategy should also set out realistic, achievable, and fair objectives by giving the possibility and the time needed for producers to gradually adapt to any changes required in the production process without any abrupt shifts and without discriminating any sector per se;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Remarks that the loss of competitiveness and production capacity caused to European companies - if the announced Farm to Fork target thresholds are confirmed - could only be mitigated if the other major world players also adopted a system of equivalent environmental rules, reminds the Commission that currently there are no elements that make us think that this can happen in a sufficient way;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines the importance of preserving the production specificities, the quality and the distinctiveness of the EU productive model forged through historical and cultural practices; in this regard, stresses the need to consider that many farming practices are part of the national and European cultural heritage and are moreover designed by geographic, regionals and climate related specificities; recalls that those practices should be cherished as part of the European and international heritage and preserved from any ideological interferences; furthermore any future evolvement should take into account the local peculiarities of each Member State and the need to define proportionate and calibrated objectives according to the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to make it easier for quality products from micro- enterprises to access local markets;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Supports the establishment of a governance framework and a code of conduct for food and retail businesses, in order to make them accountable and aware of the importance of sustainability and health; recalls the importance of effective application of the Directive on unfair practices in the agri-food chain;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in trade agreements to promote biodiversity, foster more sustainable agri-food production and stop EU-driven global deforestationthe global deforestation for which the EU is partly responsible; takes the view, therefore, that compliance with EU agri- food standards should be a prerequisite for the conclusion of all future trade agreements; urges support for developing countries to promote food security and alignment with European standards for sustainability;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomAcknowledges the Commission’s initiative to promote healthier diets by introducing nutritional profiles, accompanied by mandatovoluntary and harmonised labelling of the nutritional value of foods on the front of packaging; underlines however that front-of-pack labelling schemes as Nutri-Score, not based on actual portions of consumption, mislead consumers, influencing their choices on the basis of simplistic and distorted judgments that consistently lack nutrition- specific information;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomAcknowledges the Commission’s initiative to promote healthier diets by introducing nutritional profiles, accompanied by mandatthrough consumer education campaigns and actions that inforym and harmonised labelling of the nutritional vabout the importance of a varied and balanced diet, which does not exclude ofany food as lon the front of packagingg as it is consumed in the right quantities and frequencies and which is accompanied by adequate physical activity;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the absence of an effective impact assessment for the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies and recalls the need to present legislative proposals only when following an assessment of the overall effects of the strategies from an environmental, social and economic point of view;
Amendment 113 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 115 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to immediately conduct and present a comprehensive neutral impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and ensure reciprocity of standards; recalls that FTAs should be based on a coordinated approach, fostering more consistency between trade, customs and market surveillance; furthermore, urges the Commission to set a more ambitious agenda regarding food fraud and adulteration in FTAs;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regards it as essential, further, to keepsafeguard consumers better informed by introducing mandatory origin labelling of food, which would be broadened to cover animal welfare, sustainability and pesticide residue levels’ right to complete information for a conscious and safe choice by introducing mandatory origin labelling of food and the need to evaluate, in the context of the labelling of products of animal origin, an indication on the animal welfare, sustainability and pesticide residue levels; stresses in any case that every initiative in this sense should be subject to the need to safeguard the European livestock market;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the Farm to Fork Strategy will set out various constraints for producers which should be counterbalanced by the provision of alternative tools; in this regard calls on the Commission to support research, development and innovation activities related to the agri-food sector in order to provide realistic, science based and suitable solutions, which can ensue the necessary tools (like NBT) and lead to feasible new practices in order to achieve a more sustainable agricultural production;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the importance of extending the indication of origin labelling, including that of primary ingredients, to all agricultural supply chains; stresses that the indication of origin requirement should be made uniform throughout the EU internal market in such a way that is sustainable for the entire agri-food chain;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 142 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 144 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls for a ban on all European public subsidies for slaughterhouses not stunning animals before their slaughter;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the Commission in its efforts to combat food fraud, which misleads consumers and distorts competition in the internal market, and regards it as essential to make the penalties imposed on fraudsters more dissuasive and to earmark sufficient resources so that checks can be stepped up and legally define at EU level the concepts of “Fraud and Agri-food Crime” and that of “Sounding”;
Amendment 183 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that Turkey has engaged in unilateral and provocative activities against the EU, Member States and European leaders; notes, further, that Turkish unilateral and provocative activities in the Eastern Mediterranean are still taking place, including in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone; calls on the Commission and Member States to temporarily limit the access of Turkish foodstuffs to the internal market and European consumers.
Amendment 186 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that the tools of the Farm to Fork Strategy could be profitable for the European market only if environmental and social sustainability are placed at the core of the EU trade policy in relation to agreements with third Countries;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
Amendment 6 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the unprecedented impact and magnitude of the national and regional lockdowns and other measures that have restricted economic activity, following the COVID-19 crisis, on the economy, has led to a decrease in tax revenues and an increase in fiscal expenditures to protect society and the economy, and is leading to a sharp increase in government debt; whereas tax fraud and tax evasion undermines government revenues, as well as the sustainability of public finances and taxation systems; whereas it is paramount to keep taxes low to support the growth of the economy;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas in 2020, tax revenue in the Union fell by EUR 215 billion compared to 2019, while at the same time the tax-to-GDP ration has increased from 41.1 to 41.3%1a; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/prod ucts-eurostat-news/-/ddn-20211029-2
Amendment 17 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a swift recovery requires a strong economic and fiscal policy response ensuring, inter alia: (i) an effective level playing field for businesses, including less red tape to promote both domestic trade and trade within the Single Marketless red tape, supported by a simple and more predictable tax environment; (ii) securing tax revenues for Member States to finance the recovery and reduce debt to GDP and (iii) fair taxation of businesses and citizens, enhancing both trust in society and fair competitiondomestic investment, domestic production and domestic demand;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas current international corporate tax rules are no longer suitableneed to be updated in the context of digitalisation and globalisation of the economy; whereas developments of digitalisation create afiscal challenge in terms of traceability of economic operations and taxable events;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas corporate taxation should be guided by the principle of taxing profits where they are generated, a coordinated approach to the corporate taxation system across the Union could further enable the tackling of unfair competition caused by harmful tax practices that distort the functioning of the single market and often lead to misallocation of resources;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas increased transparency in the area of corporate taxation can improve tax collection and is also necessary to strengthen fair competitiveness in the single markettaxation of corporates, non- financial entities (NFEs) and high-net worth individuals (HNWIs) can improve tax collection, which will make the work of tax authorities more efficient; whereas the use of technology and digitalisation focused on a more efficient use of the available data can support efficiency and transparency of tax authorities and reduce the costs of compliance and increase the trust of the public;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission's Action Plan and supports its thorough implementation; observes that the majority of the 25 actions are related to VAT, which is appropriate due to the high level of revenue losses in the area of VAT; considers howeverit absolutely crucial that an impact assessment should be carried out, before presenting concrete legislative proposals to better apprehend the potential effects on taxpayers and businesses;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the Commission’s decision to carry out initiatives aimed at enhancing cooperation among tax authorities and increased harmonisation of procedural rules across the single market is of the highest importance; welcomes the Commission’s initiative for the ‘EU cooperative compliance programme’is of the highest importance;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission's proposal to modernise, and simplify and harmonise VAT requirements, using transaction-based 'real time' reporting and e-invoicing; notes that such reporting needs to be taxpayer- friendly while allowing tax administrations to have an overview of the various transactions in real-time, facilitating the prevention and detection of fraud and risky economic operators; considers that reporting requirements and tax forms should converge across the Member States; believes that the use of the data-mining tool Transaction Network Analysis (TNA) represents an available way to reduce tax fraud and promotes its further development and sharing of best practices among Member States;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the Union decision- making process is not promoting change, as tax policy is a national prerogative and subject to unanimity; regrets that the current situation sometimes leads to an uneven or inconsistent application of tax regulations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure more harmonised and consistent tax rules and their implementation, to protect the functioning of the single market and to assure the principle of “taxing where profit is generated”Recalls that tax policy is a national prerogative and subject to unanimity;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note of the existing limits on decision making in the CUnderlines that the European Parliament takes the rule of law very seriously; therefore denounciles and calls for exploring all legal options as provided y attempt to circumvent its own Treaty rules by advocating avoiding the Treaties on taxation especially in order to ensure functionality of the single market and preserve Union competitiveness in the global markeunanimity principle in tax matters; believes that Institutions that preach the importance of the rule of law should live by it;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Regrets that very little progress is registered on reducing VAT arrears, on increasing transparency, and on addressing organised crime more strongly; welcomes that digitalisation continues to be adopted in public administration, albeit at a moderate pace, with spending growing from 0.020% of GDP in 2019, to 0.022 % in 20258a; _________________ 8aEPRS, PE 694.223, September 2021, 30.
Amendment 110 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Stresses that the amount of VAT arrears registered for each Member State is an important driver of administrative ineffectiveness; underlines that VAT arrears would need to decrease substantially, by close to 17 percentage points, from currently 37% on average to around 20%, in order to decrease the VAT gap by one percentage point10a; _________________ 10a EPRS, PE 694.223, September 2021, p. 29
Amendment 116 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Recalls that in order to decrease the VAT gap by one percentage point, transparency would need to increase by 15 units, which for the Union on average means a move from 64 to 79 units, a substantial move towards the best performers2a; _________________ 2aEPRS, PE 649.223, September 2021, 29.
Amendment 126 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights that the current global tax environment is outdated, and canneeds to be modernised, and that some tax issues could only be fully addressed on a global level; considers that a multilateral agreement negotiated OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS is a unique opportunity to make international tax architecture more consistent with the development of the economy by further addressing the distortions of fair competition in the market, which was accentuated during the COVID-19 crisis and highlighted problems related to the taxing of large multinational enterprises (MNEs);
Amendment 136 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the efforts of the Commission to address the problem at least partially by introducing various initiatives, but sStresses the high importance of the Union in contributing to the success of global negotiations towards the ongoing necessary reforms;
Amendment 145 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomesTakes note of the two-pillar agreement reached at the G7/G20 levels on the allocation of taxing rights and the application of a minimum effective tax rate of at least 15% on the global profits of MNEs; notes the need for effective implementation; calls on the Commission to make the necessary legislative proposals to implement the agreement into Union law as quickly as possible after the finalisation of the technical work on the OECD approach;
Amendment 157 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Underlines that according to the Commission’s Annual Report on Taxation 2021, tax arrears are very unevenly distributed across the Member States15a; is concerned about the fact that total year-end tax debt in Greece is well over 200% and is approaching 200% in Italy, a significant increase compared to the previous year, clearly showing severe tax compliance problems and inefficient tax payment systems in these specific countries; is shocked that the Commission did not collect information nor analyse tax arrears in individual Member States15b and urges the Commission to commence this process as of this year; _________________ 15ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/db46de2a-b785-11eb- 8aca-01aa75ed71a1/language-en, graph 23, page 50. 15bAnswer given by Mr Gentiloni on behalf of the European Commission to question E-003183/2021, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/E-9-2021-003183-ASW_EN.html
Amendment 160 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Looks forward to the implementation of the national reform plans of Greece15c and Italy15d, which include wide ranging reforms and investments that are expected to improve tax collection, such as the digital transformation of companies and administrative systems in Italy and Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue; calls on the Commission to await the national reform plans of those few Member States who have serious issues with tax avoidance, tax evasion and inefficient tax collection before presenting legislative proposals at Union level; _________________ 15cRegulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility, 328 final. 15d COM(2021), 344 final.
Amendment 161 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 169 #
2020/2254(INL)
17. Considers, however, that the BEFIT initiative should be supported by the political process, including with full respect for the unanimity principle, in building political support for change and that the initiative should be accompanied by a thorough impact assessment to shape future proposals, which should contribute to reaching a consensus between Member States;
Amendment 177 #
2020/2254(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the new corporate tax agenda should include a mechanism to address the debt-equity bias through an incentive system, helping to supportimprove the resilience of companies in adverse economic circumstances in the future;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the European Union needs to take urgent steps to close the gap with the US and China to be at the forefront of ensuring a competitive data- driven global economy, but also to be able to really influence important areas like data security and data protection which is a crucial topic when dealing with artificial intelligence;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that data access and processing are often indispensable to providing competitive digital services; calls on the Commission to adopt digital trade rules that increase the competitiveness of EU business and facilitate the free transfer of data flows across borders while respecting EU data protection rules ensuring also that there is transparency about data flows and data storage outside the EU;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the conclusion of the rules-based Asian Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which deepens the economic integration of the region; regrets, however, the lack of a robust sustainable development chapter in the RCEP; believes that the conclusion of the RCEP should encourage the EU to help set global rules for the digital economy; supports in this regard the establishment of an EU-US Trade and Technology Council and the work on a Transatlantic AI Agreement to help facilitate trade and the development of compatible rules and standards in digital trade; such a Transatlantic AI Agreement should also have a chapter dedicated to data security and data protection of users and consumers;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 a (new)
Citation 43 a (new)
— having regard to the answer by Commissioner Johansson to parliamentary question E-003462/2020,
Amendment 9 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 b (new)
Citation 43 b (new)
— having regard to Article 140(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 10 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 c (new)
Citation 43 c (new)
— having regard to the ECB´s Targeted Review of Internal Models, published April 2021,
Amendment 11 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 43 d (new)
Citation 43 d (new)
— having regard to the answer of Commission Vice-President Dombrovskis to written question E-003152/2019,
Amendment 13 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas overall, the banking sector has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with resilience, mostly founded on the regulatory reforms enacted since the global financial crisis and further supported by extraordinary public poliincreased capital requirements, indicating that equity and solvency arelief measures and capital conservation practices key to tackle financial and economic shocks instead of ever- increasing debt financing;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas climate change, environmental degradation, increased red tape in the context of climate reporting for financial institutions, which could be referred to as "green tape", and the transition to a low-carbon economy bring new risks to banks’ balance sheets;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. Expresses deep concern about the findings of the ECB´s Targeted Review of Internal Models, published in April 2021, which shows that the biggest euro area banks have repeatedly been too optimistic in their risk-modelling, confirming longstanding suspicions among regulators and analysts that larger banks have often artificially inflated the strength of their balance sheets by underestimating the riskiness of their assets, giving them a short-term advantage over more cautious competitors; is alarmed that the Review resulted in more than 5.800 deficiencies and 253 supervisory corrections of internal models by the ECB, which pushed up the banks’ risk-weighted assets by € 275 billion, a 12 per cent increase in the models examined, which reduced their average common equity tier one ratios by 0.71 percentage points;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas consumer protection varies across the Banking Union; Article 169 of the TFEU states that EU measures shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent consumer protection measures provided that they are compatible with the Treaties; in this way EU law provides a common basic level of protection to all consumers residing in the EU; recalls that there is no consistent and uniform definition of consumer protection in EU law, which justifies divergences amongst the Member States;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas prudential and anti-money laundering supervision is necessary; there are still important loopholes in the EU AML framework, such as the explicit exemption of the non- profit sector from anti-money laundering reporting requirements, even though certain NGOs and other non-financial entities (NFEs) operate with larger amounts of money than numerous European banks;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the withdrawal of the UK from the EU has resulted in the relocation of certain banking services to the EU;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas depositors across the Banking Union should enjoy the sameare exposed to varying levels of credit, market and operational risk, which justifies varying levels of protection;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls thatwhereas the Banking Union has delivered the institutional set-up for greater market integration, through the SSM and the SRM, while a European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS) is still lackingwill further disintegrate due to moral hazard and lead to a permanent Transfer Union if mechanisms such as the backstop for the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) and a European Deposit Insurance Scheme (EDIS) are implemented; regrets that insufficient progress in risk reduction in some member states serves as an argument for mutualisation of deposit insurance schemes, creating incentives for some member states not to reduce risk, or even engage in even more excessive risk-taking; points out that the absence of a proper impact assessment of the EDIS proposal is fundamentally at odds with the principles of sound governance;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that banks’ response to the current crisis demonstrates that the regulatory reforms in the past decade, as well as the institutional set-up, have resulted in better-capitalised and less- leveraged banks, proving that equity and not debt is the solution to solve crises and build up resilience against economic and financial shocks;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 113 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the vital contribution to addressing the crisis of public guarantee schemes, moratoria on loan repayments for borrowers in financial difficulty, the central banks’ liquidity programmes and the ECB’s targeted longer-term refinancing operations (TLTRO) and pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP)Deplores the ECB's role in massively inflating the money supply and expanding its balance sheet up to over 70% of euro area GDP; recalls that banks in the northern euro area hold a disproportionately high amount of deposits with the ECB, and pay disproportionately high penalty interest to the ECB; by contrast, banks in the southern euro area benefit disproportionally from the negative interest rates on TLTRO loans;
Amendment 121 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Deplores that PEPP has had an overwhelming influence on the narrowing of yield spreads and has ensured that southern European government bonds from highly indebted Member States were viewed by investors as less risky5a, which shows that PEPP is disproportionately directed towards highly indebted euro area Member States, and that the ECB is thereby guaranteeing the liquidity of highly indebted euro countries; _________________ 5aLeibniz Centre for European Economic Research, https://www.zew.de/presse/pressearchiv/di e-stabilitaet-der-eurozone-haengt-am- tropf-der-ezb
Amendment 122 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that The Targeted Long- Term Refinancing Operations (TLTROs) further zombify the European economy and deteriorate the real income prospects, especially of young Europeans;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on the ECB to end its stimulus package immediately, including phasing out TLTRO;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. NotesExpresses concern about the the ‘quick fix’ to the Capital Requirements Regulation31 extending transitional arrangements in order to support banks’ lending capacity32 ; seriously doubts whether supporting further debt- financing is a sustainable way to recapitalize the European economy and to fostering economic growth; _________________ 31Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1). 32 Regulation (EU) 2020/873 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) 2019/876 as regards certain adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (OJ L 204, 26.6.2020, p. 4).
Amendment 160 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the accelerated pace of digitalisation in the banking sector, while pointing to the insufficient level of investment in this arealooks forward to the further development of DORA and its effect on digital operational resilience for the financial sector; calls on the ESAs and ENISA to step up their efforts in monitoring and mitigating the risks concerning third country ICT third- parties, if these third-parties have or are suspected of having ties to foreign governments or foreign militaries;
Amendment 167 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesExpresses concern about the ECB’s report on the digital euro and the outcome of its public consultation and expects further analysis of the implications for the banking sector, consumer protection and consumer data protection;
Amendment 172 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls that cash is anonymous and it is impossible for banks or central banks to control the direct expenditure of cash holders, which safeguards their privacy; recalls that CBDC is not anonymous, since central banks will be able to trace consumer behaviour and spending patterns of all citizens; recalls that CBDC would give central banks absolute control over the transactions of citizens, meaning that the ECB will have both the power and the technical capacity to control transactions, including disabling certain transactions; expresses deep concern over giving the ECB such far-reaching powers, which are obviously not within its mandate;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 214 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that ensuring proper and timely management of deteriorated exposures will be key to preventing a build-up of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the short term; asks for more efforts to come forward with ambitious solutions to the issue of sovereign exposures and a substantial reductions of the stock of non- performing loans, especially in the lights of the expiring debt-moratoria in the Member States on loans for SMEs that have suffered tremendously under the national and regional lockdown measures;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the expected credit losses, together with the current low interest environment, might further negatively affect the already subdued profitability of banks, as confirmed by the Commission in its answer to written question E- 003152/2019; is deeply concerned about the fact that negative interest rates have costed European banks 8.5 billion euros in 2020; recalls that commercial banks are required to place their excess deposits with the ECB, which pays them at a negative interest rate, currently set at - 0.5%, which means that banks have to pay the central bank for their regulatory deposits; calls on the ECB to normalise its interest rate policy without delay;
Amendment 246 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the benefitWarns of banking consolidation inas a supposed solution to addressing the overcapacities and fragmentation of the banking sector; regrets in this respect the calls of Andrea Enria to further latinize the European banking market through consolidation; rejects this pathway to institutionalising the risk of "too big to fail"; proposes rather to break up banks, instead of consolidating them;
Amendment 298 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Trusts thatRegrets the introduction of a backstop into the SRF earlier than originally envisaged is positive for the strengthening of the crisis management framework; recalls that the introduction of the backstop was conditional on sufficient risk reduction in the banking sector; highlights that the November 2020 Financial Stability Review clearly indicates increasing credit risk, rising sovereign exposure, elevated negative rating outlooks, the risk of a property market correction, increased risk from a sovereign-corporate-bank nexus, declining bank profitability, lower interest income, rise in banks’ exposure to domestic government debt and an abrupt increase in funding costs from rating downgrades; the report also indicated that lending in 2020 was strongly driven by government loan guarantees;
Amendment 347 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Notes the importance of depositors across the Banking Union enjoying the same level of protection of their savings; takes note of the Commission proposal to further strengthen citizens’ confidence in the protection of deposits by introducing an EDISregrets that insufficient progress in risk reduction in some Member States serves as an argument for mutualisation of deposit insurance schemes, creating incentives for some Member States not to reduce risk, or even to engage in even more excessive risk-taking; points out that the absence of a proper impact assessment of the EDIS proposal is fundamentally at odds with principles of sound governance;
Amendment 369 #
2020/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes the Commission’s launch of the review of the CMDI framework, including the op; asks for more efforts to come forward with ambitious solutions to the issue of sovereign exposures and a substantial reductions of a hybrid EDISthe stock of non-performing loans;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, in this context, that the focus must not be on banning private transport and that the needs of all road users must be taken into account;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out in this connection that public transport services, especially in rural areas, are frequently unsatisfactory, irregular and expensive;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2091(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ReiteratStresses the importance of a substantial modal shift from road towards less polluting forms of transportation; underlines, inrail transport this regard,; points to the urgent need to improve and expand railroad infrastructure, especially under the framework of the Trans-European Transport Network, and to further ease and encourage intermodality;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s initiatives to support European SMEs’ access to international markets; stresses, however, that SMEs have to deal with too many regulations and burdens and excessive bureaucracy; stresses that SMEs are kept at a competitive disadvantage by investing in climate neutrality to comply with the Green Deal while trying to remain competitive and thrive on export markets; furthermore stresses that the European Green Deal represents a disproportionate additional financial burden on SMEs and industry, distorting global competition and, under the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, seriously jeopardising their professional existence;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that the COVID-19 crisis has severely hit European industry and threatening the employment market, call in this regard the Commission to re- focus on concrete actions to support industrial and local production and related exports alternatively to concentrate on a carbon-neutral economy;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. underlines that european SMEs and instustry are already champion in the green economy and in green tools; in this regard the commission should accompany Member States towards exporting this tools and know-how to create a global level playing field;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to focus on domestic productivity on the basis of research and innovation within Europe, in order to establish a strategic autonomy and less dependence on vulnerable supply chains in core industry sectors such as the tech and telecommunications, medical products and, pharmaceuticals and agricultural sectors, especially in times of global crisis, and to remain competitive on the global markets;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that industry is a national competence, which should be driven by the interest of local business and local producers; stresses however that the European Commission should give the opportunity to Member States of developing a proper strategy to enhance the exchange of information in order to achieve positive impact on trade relations -in and outside of the internal market-;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Underlines that industry counts for 80% of European goods exports and employs around 35 million people, calls the Commission to take into account the significant added value industry brings to the European employment market and social rights and its crucial place as a factor of prosperity and competitiveness;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports, in principle, the initiative to reinforce a rule-based multilateral trading system; expresses its concern, however, about the functioning of the WTO, owing to some international actors abusing their market power; in this regards underlines the need of creating a level playing field while being mobilised on reforming the WTO toghether with international partners;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Deplores that during the Covid-19 crisis there has been a spread of disinformation, propaganda and misleading information, as well as a considerable lack of management of the interference of Chinese actors within the EU, which has undermined trust in the trade markets overall and created a negative impact on procurement markets;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2076(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the screening of foreign direct investment and to protect access to strategic industries, crucial infrastructure, key enabling technologies, or any other assets in the interests of security and cybersecurity. to prevent hostile takeovers by third country companies;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas stocks are often not in the right storage location, even if available in the supply chain, and patients are unable to get them at the delivery point due to a lack of information, giving a false sign of a shortage of medicines;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to enhance their cooperation in order to improve the distribution chain through better visibility and efficient monitoring, planning and timely exchange information regarding important deliveries, particularly on cross-border routes, and to establish corridors where medical supplies have priority of delivery;.
Amendment 37 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that a broad network of FTAs together with a functioning multilateral trading system constitute the besis one important way of guaranteeing that multiple sources of manufacturing for essential medicines are available and regulatory standards converge globally; another way to ensure the EU`s strategic autonomy in health is to include the pharmaceutical production of certain products, like penicillin, which is produced within the EU currently only by Novartis in Kundl/Austria, into the IPCEI programme (Important Projects of Common European Interest);
Amendment 46 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to adopt strategic plans to upgrade their existing infrastructure for an efficient supply of medicines, including inexpensive, essential medicines; deems it necessary to remove bottlenecks, boost intermodality (while favouring the shift to rail), finance the main hubs (ports, airports and intermodal platforms), and enhance the delivery of various types of goods, including dangerous goods crucial for the production of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that whereas - a complete repatriation of medical supply chains is not possible in a global economy; a gradual repatriation of strategic medicine production secures the stock of medical products within the EU, also during times of crisis, and strengthens the EUs independence from foreign producers who might impose protectionist measures; urges the Commission and the Member States to work with the EU’s partners, the WHO and WTO, on establishing an international framework that can prevent the breakdown of supply chains and limit resort to protectionist measures during health crises.
Amendment 82 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the need to reduce transport costs, while preserving the level of service, minimising the number of kilometres of the routes, having ready and effective response tools to changes, both in ordinary operations and in exceptional periods of crisis, such as for COVID-19;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls for the implementation of innovative solutions to enable the safe transport of temperature-sensitive drugs, tracing the products through a constant remote monitoring in real time of medicines and their temperature from production to the final customer;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls for a revision of the EU Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice (GDP) of medicinal products for human use, taking into account the need to improve the efficiency of the supply chain, to reduce the products losses, and to implement innovative solutions, also in light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls on the Member States to implement strategies improving prevention and management of shortages caused by disruptions in the supply chain, to develop guidance for companies on reporting of shortages, and to favour the exchange of best practices among regulatory authorities to better coordinate actions between Member States;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Calls on the Commission to revise Directive 2008/68/EC on the inland transport of dangerous goods adopting specific measures for the supply of dangerous goods in support of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Calls on the Commission to revise Directive 92/106/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States assessing possible provisions aimed at improving the logistics chain for the transport of medicines;
Amendment 93 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7 g. Calls on the Commission to address the problem of the shortage of medicines in the work programmes adopted within the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2021-2027, in particular by increasing the focus on aspects linked to research and innovation under Horizon Europe and other programmes;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2071(INI)
7 h. Calls on the Commission to implement an observatory, monitoring and coordinating actions at European- level, about the shortages of medicines, without any increase of the EU's budget.
Amendment 95 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7 i. Calls on the Commission and Member States to closely coordinate to protect the resilience and sustainability of the healthcare supply chain, which ensures the continuous availability of medicines, as well as their safe distribution and fair allocation to all dispensing points within Member States.
Amendment 96 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Paragraph 7 j (new)
7 j. Calls for transparency at EU level through the introduction of a Europe- wide medicines shortages database and an early warning system involving the main supply chain stakeholders, from manufacturers, full-service healthcare distributors / pharmaceutical full-line wholesalers, pharmacists to prescribers and the national competent authorities, about existing and anticipated shortages, providing their root causes in a harmonised, comparable manner.
Amendment 97 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)
Paragraph 7 k (new)
7 k. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all main stakeholders of the healthcare supply chain (manufacturers, full-service healthcare distributors /pharmaceutical full-line wholesalers, pharmacists) to be recognised as critical infrastructure to maintain the continuous and safe supply of medicines in extraordinary circumstances, such as the ones currently experienced in the COVID- 19 crisis or even taking into account the distribution of an upcoming vaccine.
Amendment 98 #
2020/2071(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)
Paragraph 7 l (new)
7 l. Notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has laid bare the weaknesses of the European production system, highlighting the importance of delivering medicines swiftly in urgent and exceptional circumstances that could arise in the future, thereby stressing the importance and availability of existing and established infrastructure, including logistical hubs, warehouses and networks, for the safe and efficient distribution of medical supplies, including also the possibility for keeping stocks of medicines for emergency use.
Amendment 10 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinccerned that a purpose-built trade policy can be an important driver in steering economies towards decarbonbut highly politically motivated trade policy can be driver towards a planned economy in forcing economies towards decarbonisation and resulting deindustrialisation in order to achieve the climate objectives set in the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports, in the absence of a global carbon price and a multilateral soluQuestion,s a market-based EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) oneven under the condition that it is compatible with EU free trade agreements (FTAs) and WTO rules (by being non- discriminatory and not constituting a disguised restriction on international trade), and that it is proportionate, based on the polluter pays principle and fit for purpose in delivering the climate objectives; underlines that unilateral action by the EU through the introduction of the CBAM may lead to retaliatory measures such as punitive tariffs on European exports, that might cause economic damages and severely impact European producers and companies;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the general exception clause of Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) should be the basis for any CBAM design and its only rationale should be an environmental one – reducing global CO2 emissions and preventing carbon leakage; requests a legal opinion by an independent legal experts on whether Article XX’s “would not constitute a means of arbitrary and unjustifiable discrimination between countries in similar circumstances or a disguised restriction on international trade” would be applicable;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for thorough impact assessments - especially on direct and indirect carbon leakage - and for the utmost transparency of the process leading to the CBAM, as well as engagement with the EU’s trading partners to build coalitions and avoid any possible retaliations; demands that a full life-cycle GHG emissions analysis will be used as the basis for calculation in order to obtain a neutral and comparable picture of the product’s carbon footprint;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission not to allocate CBAM revenues as assigned own resources to Next Generation EU (NGEU) but to the various EU research programmes and use it as a mean to help SMEs and industry coping the burdens of the Green Deal policy;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is of the view that Chinese presence and investments in Africa have increased considerably and that there is a need to remain vigilant as to the economic, social and environmental impact of the Chinese approach in Africa, in order to preserve the commercial interests of African states and of EU Member States;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the role of many African states in the international division of labour does not promote theireconomic development in those states that is sustainable developmentover time;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to support Africa in its ambitions for a continental free trade area by making the necessary adjustments in order to implement itsto the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and make them fit the project of the Continental Free Trade Area;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a concrete proposal that establishes common initiatives on a renewablen energy supply on thethat is suited to the specific territorial, geographic and demographic features and needs of African countinentries;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need for substantial sustainable investments that enable leapfrogging in the African states; African states to promote job creation, develop their production and processing sectors in situ and manage their resources more effectively, in order to achieve the objectives of greater 'economic autonomy';
Amendment 12 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Despite existing measures at Union19 and national level aimed at supporting the protection of critical infrastructures in the Union, the entities operating those infrastructures are not adequately equipped to address current and anticipated future risks to their operations that may result in disruptions of the provision of services that are essential for the performance of vital societal functions or economic activities, including traffic and transport. This is due to a dynamictangible threat landscape with an evolving terrorist threat and growing interdependencies between infrastructures and sectors, as well as an increased physical risk due to natural disasters and climate change, which increases the frequency and scale of extreme weather events and brings long-term changes in average climateextreme weather events that can reduce the capacity and efficiency of certain infrastructure types if measures to improve resilience or climate adaptation measureto the changing requirements are not in place. Moreover, relevant sectors and types of entities are not recognised consistently as critical in all Member States. _________________ 19European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP).
Amendment 20 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Those growing interdependencies are the result of an increasingly cross- border and interdependent network of service provision using key infrastructures across the Union in the sectors of energy, transport, banking, financial market infrastructure, digital infrastructure, drinking and waste water, health, certain aspects of public administration, as well as space in as far as the provision of certain services depending on ground-based infrastructures that are owned, managed and operated either by Member States or by private parties is concerned, therefore not covering infrastructures owned, managed or operated by or on behalf of the Union as part of its space programmes. These interdependencies mean that any disruption, even one initially confined to one entity or one sector, can have cascading effects more broadly, potentially resulting in far-reaching and long-lasting negative impacts in the delivery of services across the internal market. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vulnerability of our increasingly interdependent societies in the face of low-probability risks. and the strength of the interdependencies without which the EU-wide economy could not function.
Amendment 24 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The entities involved in the provision of essential services are increasingly subject to diverging requirements imposed under the laws of the Member States. The fact that some Member States have less stringent security requirements on these entities not only risks impacting negatively on the maintenance of vital societal functions or economic activities across the Union, it also leads to obstacles to the proper functioning of the internal market and can pose a threat to EU citizens. Similar types of entities are considered as critical in some Member States but not in others, and those which are identified as critical are subject to divergent requirements in different Member States. This results in additional and unnecessary administrative burdens for companies operating across borders, notably for companies active in Member States with more stringent requirements.
Amendment 28 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to achieve that objective, Member States should identify critical entities that should be subject to specific requirements and oversight, but also particular support, protection and guidance aimed at achieving a high level of resilience in the face of all relevant risks.
Amendment 29 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 49 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to ensure the safe, undisturbed provision in the internal market of services essential for the maintenance of vital societal functions or economic activities and to enhance the resilience of critical entities providing such services, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of the effects of the action, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on the European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article 5, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 54 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establishes obligations for critical entities aimed at enhancing their resilience and improving their ability to provide and subsequently maintain those services in the internal market;
Amendment 56 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 57 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Amendment 71 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The risk assessment shall account for all relevant natural and man-made risks, including accidents, natural disasters, attacks, sabotage, public health emergencies, antagonistic threats, including terrorist offences pursuant to Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council34. _________________ 34Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA (OJ L 88, 31.3.2017, p. 6).
Amendment 86 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the impacts that incidents could have, in terms of degree and duration, on economic and societal activities, public transport, the environment and public safety;
Amendment 93 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 100 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) as far as possible prevent and, where necessary, effectively and quickly resist and mitigate the consequences of incidents, including the implementation of risk and crisis management procedures and protocols and alert routines;
Amendment 101 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) examine and evaluate damage, recover from incidents, including business continuity measures and the identification of alternative supply chains;
Amendment 103 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) raise awareness about the measures referred to in points (a) to (e) among relevant personnel, who should receive regular training.
Amendment 106 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) cover any criminal records of at least the preceding five years, and for a maximum of ten years, on crimes relevant for recruitment on a specific position, in the Member State or Member States or the third country or countries of nationality of the person and in any of the Member States or third countries of residence during that period of time;
Amendment 107 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) cover previous employments, certificates of service, education and any gaps in education or employment in the person’s resume during at least the preceding five years and for a maximum of ten years.
Amendment 115 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 119 #
2020/0365(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Article 16 – paragraph 6
Amendment 167 #
2020/0279(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set outRejects the Commission's proposal;
Amendment 176 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union, in constituting an area of freedom, security and justice, should ensure the absence of internal border controls for persons and frame a common policy on asylum, immigration and management of the external borders of the Union, based on solidarity between Member States, which is fair towards third-country nationalscitizens of the Member States and support Member States to coordinate and cooperate to stop illegal immigration and protect the integrity of the external borders to ensure the safety of the citizens in the Member States and to protect the European way of life.
Amendment 182 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
Amendment 190 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) This Regulation should contribute to that comprehensive approach by setting out a common framework for the actions of the Union and ofa proposal for cooperation between the Member States inof the field of asylum and migration management policies, by elaborating on the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility in accordance with Article 80 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Member States should therefore take all necessary measures, inter alia, to provide access to international protection and adequate reception conditions to those in need, to enable the effective application of the rules on determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection,Union in the field of illegal migration control. Member States should therefore consider to take measures to return illegally staying third-country nationals, to prevent irregularllegal migration and unauthorised movements between them, and to provide support to other Member States in the form of solidarity contributo combat illegal migrations, as ylum fraud and otheir contribution to the comprehensive approachnected criminal acts.
Amendment 203 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The common framework should bring together the management of the Common European Asylum System and thatimprove cooperation between the Member States ofn migration policy. The objective of migration policy should be to ensure the efficient management of migration flows, the fair treatment of third-country nationals residing legally in Member States and the prevention of, and enhanced measures toprevent and combat, illegal migration and migrant smuggling.
Amendment 214 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The common framework is needed in order to effectively address the increasing phenomenon of mixed arrivals of personA policy of non-interference with the right of Member States to protect their borders ins need of international protection and those who are not anded. This will ensure an ability to effectively address the in crecognition that the challenge of irregular arrivals of migrants in the Union should not have to be assumed by individual Member States alone, but by the Union as a whole. To ensure that Member States have the necessary tools to effectively manage this challenge in addition to applicants for international protection, irregular migrants should also fall within the scope of this Regulation. The scope of this Regulation should also include beneficiaries of international protection, resettled or admitted persons as well as persons granted immediate protectionasing levels of illegal mass-migration and hybrid warfare waged against the Member States. To ensure that Member States have the necessary tools to effectively manage this threat this Regulation shall ensure that the Commission and the European Parliament do not interfere with the sovereign rights of the Member States.
Amendment 219 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
Amendment 231 #
2020/0279(COD)
Amendment 237 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) National strategies of the Member States should include information on contingency planning and on the implementation of the principles of integrated policy-making and of solidarityto combat illegal migration and asylum fraud should include strict and practical measures to deter illegal migration and ensure that Europe can hit at the heart of the illegal migration industry. Furthermore, Member States shall be encouraged to ensure that andy fair sharing of responsibility of this Regulation and legal obligations stemming therefrom at national levelcilities for asylum claims are located in third countries, preferably in stable parts of the developing world so as to benefit both the applicants as well as the host nation that can benefit from providing this service to the asylum applicants.
Amendment 242 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The regulation sets out how the Commission may (1) provide support to the Member States, as warranted, thereby ensuring to stop illegal mass-migration, (2) curtail third-countries' ability to aggress against the Member States by weaponising third country nationals and labelling them migrants and refugees, (3) ensure to combat asylum fraud, (4) restore the sanctity of the concept of asylum, (5) resolutely support a Member State with regard to migratory movements and incursions, and (6) ensure not to interfere with the internal affairs of the Member States dealing with all threats and consequences linked to migration;
Amendment 243 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 246 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Bearing in mind the importance of ensuring that the Union is prepared and able to adjust to the developing and evolving realities of asylum and migration management, the Commission should annually adopt a Migration Management Report setting out the likely evolution of the migratory situation and the preparedness of the Union and the Member States to respond and adapt to it. The Report should also include the results of the reporting on monitoring foreseen in the national strategies and should propose improvements where weaknesses are apparentMember States are prepared to stop all illegal migration, the Commission should support Member States by providing a monthly update on possible illegal flows of third country nationals and asylum fraud trends.
Amendment 252 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 274 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) An effective robust and swift return policy is an essential element of a well- functioning system of Union asylum and migration management, whereby those who do not have the right to stay on Union territory should return. Given that a significant share of applications for international protection may be considered unfounded, it is necessary to reinforce the effectiveness of the return policy. By increasing the efficiency of returns and reducing the gaps between asylum and return procedures, thprotection for any nation state. Thus it is encouraged that all Member States ensure to arrange for processing of any asylum claims of third country nationals outside European soil; applicants who have registered within the Union could be detained, if deemed necessary; when there are pressure on the asylum system would decrease, facilitating the application of the rules on determining the Member State responsible for examiningasonable grounds to consider the applicant a danger to national security or public order, those applications as well as contributing to effective access to international protection for those in neednt shall be detained without delay.
Amendment 282 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) To strengthen cooperation with third countries in the area of return and readmission of illegally staying third- country nationals, it is necessary to develop a new mechanism, including all relevant EU policies and tools, to improve the coordination of the different actions in various policy areas other than migration that the Union and the Member States may take for that purpose. That mechanism should build on the analysis carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 810/2019 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 or of any other information available, and take into account the Union’s overall relations with the third country. That mechanism should also serve to support the implementation of return sponsorship. _________________ 38Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code), OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, p. 1of illegal migrants it is necessary to focus funding and manpower at the disposal of the Commission on ensuring such migrants' prompt return.
Amendment 291 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
Amendment 305 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 319 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Given the specific characteristics of disembarkations arising in the context of search anrisk posed by so- called rescue operations conducted by Member States or private organisations whether under instruction from Member States or autonomously in the context of migration, this Regulation should provide for a specific process applicable to people disembarked following those operations irrespective of whether there is a situation of migratory pressure, Member States shall be encouraged to criminalize these organizations and combat illegal search and rescue operations.
Amendment 329 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 340 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 349 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Persons disembarked should be distributed in a proportionate manner among the Member StateAny illegal migrants that are disembarked should be detained and processed as soon as possible for return to their homeland by the Member State that allowed the disembarkation to take place. Member States that allow disembarkation should be made aware of the fact that they themselves will have to take the burden for allowing illegal migrants to enter into the EU area and it is their responsibility to prevent that the illegal migrants move to other the Member States at their own will. Member States failing this will have to face responsibility to take back illegal migrants for processing and return to their homelands.
Amendment 355 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 372 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 376 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 390 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 420 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The voluntary solidarity mechanism should include measures to promote a fair sharing of responsibility and a balance of effort between Member States also in the area of return. Through return sponsorship, a Member State should commit to support a Member State under migratory pressure in carrying out the necessary activities to return illegally staying third-country nationals, bearing in mind that the benefitting Member State remains responsible for carrying out the return while the individuals are present on its territory. Where such activities have been unsuccessful after a period of 8 months, the sponsoring Member States should transfer these persons in line with the procedures set out in this Regulation and apply Directive 2008/115/EC; if relevant, Member States may recognise the return decision issued by the benefitting Member State in application of Council Directive 2001/4039 . Return sponsorship should form part of the common EU system of returns, including operational support provided through the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and the application of the coordination mechanism to promote effective cooperation with third countries in the area of return and readmission. _________________ 39Council Directive 2001/40/EC of 28 May 2001 on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals, OJ L 149, 2.6.2001, p. 34.
Amendment 426 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 438 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 447 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29 a (new)
Recital 29 a (new)
(29a) Member States should be able to make voluntary contributions if a Member State experiences migratory pressure, for example by providing assistance for protecting their external borders.
Amendment 450 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 461 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 468 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) A Member State should be able to takemay, at its own initiative or at the request of another Member State, other solidarity measures on a voluntary basidecide to take measures to assist that Member State in addressing the migratory situation or to prevent migratory pressure. Those contributions should include measures aimed at strengthening the capacity of the Member State under pressure or at responding to migratory trends through cooperation with third countries. In addition, such solidarity measures should include relocation of third-country nationals that are in the border procedure as well as illegally staying third-country nationals. In order to incentivise voluntary solidarity, wherass-migratory threat, however the principal responsibility shall always remain with the Member States make voluntary contributions in the form of relocation or return sponsorship, those contributions should be taken into account in the implementing act provided for in respect of situations of migratory pressure affected.
Amendment 479 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
Amendment 493 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 499 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
Amendment 504 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 512 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to limit unauthorised movements and to ensure that the Member States have the necessary tools to ensure transfers of beneficiaries of international protection who entered the territory of another Membe, all third country nationals with no legal rights to enter or Sstate thay in the Member State responsible without fulfilling the conditions of stay in that other Member State to the Member State responsible, and to ensure effective solidarity between Member States, this Regulation should also apply to beneficiaries of international protection. Likewise, this Regulation should apply to persons resettled or admitted by a Member State in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Union Resettlement Framework Regulation] or who are granted international protection or humanitarian status under a national resettlement schemes should be detained until they can be returned to their country of origin or transferred to an asylum center in a third country.
Amendment 519 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 523 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 532 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In accordance with the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the best interests of the child should be a primaryn important consideration of Member States when applying this Regulation. In assessing the best interests of the child, Member States should, in particular, take due account of the minor’s well-being and social development, safety and security considerations and the views of the minor in accordance with his or , this entails a swift reunification with their age and maturity, including his or her background. In addition, specific procedural guarantees for unaccompanied minors should be laid down on account of their particular vulnerabilitfamily and/or representative in or near their home country.
Amendment 541 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) In accordance with the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, respect for family life should be athe safety of the Member States citizens, their family life and their European way of life, as well as for right to self-determination of the peoples of the Member States, should be the primary considerations of Member States when applying this Regulation.
Amendment 552 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) In order to prevent that persons who represent a security risk are transferred among the Member States, it is necessary to ensure that the Member State where an application is first registered does not apply the responsibilty criteria or the benefitting Member State does not apply the relocation procedure where there are reasonable grounds to consider the person concerned a danger to national security or public orderfree to travel within the EU, they should be promptly apprehended by the Member State concerned and placed in a high security facility awaiting deportation to their home country.
Amendment 556 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
Amendment 564 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) The definition of a family member in this Regulation should include the sibling or siblings of the applicant. Reuniting siblings is of particular importance for improving the chances of integration of applicants and hence reducing unauthorised movements. The scope of the definition of family memberis recommended to include one legal shpould also reflect the reality of current migratory trends, according to which applicants often arrive to the territory of the Member States after a prolonged period of time in transit. The definition should therefore include families formed outside the country of origin, but before their arrival on the territory of the Member State. This limited and targeted enlargement of the scope of the definition is expected to reduce the incentive for some unauthorised movements of asylum seekers within the EUse and the children (biological or adopted), at the discretion of each Member State.
Amendment 571 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 580 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
Amendment 589 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 601 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Considering that a Member State should remain responsible for a person who has irregularllegally entered its territory, it is also necessary to include the situation when the person enters the territory illegally following a search and rescue operation. A derogation from this responsibility criterion should be laid down for the situation where a Member State has relocated persons having crossed the external border of another Member State irregularly or following a search and rescue operation. In such a situation, the Member State of relocation should be responsibile if the person applies for international protectionn operation by states or third parties at sea due to coercion from the illegal migrants and/or smugglers.
Amendment 603 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
Amendment 618 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
Amendment 631 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) In order to guarantee effective protection of the rights of the persons concerned, legal safeguards and the right to an effective remedy in respect of decisions regarding transfers to the Member State responsible should be established, in accordance, in particular, with Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In order to ensure that international law is respected, an effective remedy against such decisions should cover both the examination of the application of this Regulation and of the legal and factual situation in the Member State to which the applicant is transferred. The scope of the effective remedy should be limited to an assessment of whether applicants' fundamental rights to respect of family life, the rights of the child, or the prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment risk to be infringed uponcitizens of the Member States it is proposed that the Member State concerned ensures that all third country nationals who illegally enter are detained in safe facilities awaiting their removal from the Member State.
Amendment 637 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
Amendment 641 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 649 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
Recital 59
(59) The detention of applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that a person should not be held in detention for the sole reason that he or she is seeking international protection. Detention should be for as short a period as possible and subject to the principles of necessity and proportionality thereby only being allowed as a measure of last resort. In particular, the detention of applicants must be in accordance with Article 31 of the Geneva Convention. The procedures provided for under this Regulation in respect of a detained person should be applied as a matter of priority, within the shortest possible deadlines. As regards the general guarantees governing detention, as well as detention conditions, where appropriate, Member States should apply the provisions of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] also to persons detained on the basis of this Regulationillegal migrants and/or applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that a person should be detained for as short a period as possible.
Amendment 657 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
Amendment 660 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 663 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 672 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) To support Member States who undertake relocation as a solidarity measure, financial support from the Union budget should be provided. In order to incentivise Member States to give prioritexperience large volumes of illegal border crossings, other Member States may, if they tso the relocation of unaccompanied minors a higher incentive contribution should be providewish, support with funds, personnel or material the effort to stop illegal migration and asylum fraud.
Amendment 683 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
Amendment 685 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 66
Recital 66
Amendment 691 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) The operation of the Visa Information System, as established by Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , and in particular the implementation of Articles 21 and 22 thereof, should facilitate the application of this Regulationshould facilitate the important work of securing the borders for the Member States. _________________ 46Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas, OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60.
Amendment 693 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 69
Recital 69
(69) With respect to the treatment of persons falling within the scope of this Regulation, Member States are bound by their obligations primarily to their own citizens to ensure rule of law, a safe and secure environment, protection of their culture and the European way of life under instruments of international law, including the relevant case-law of the European Court of Human Rights.
Amendment 700 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 72
Recital 72
Amendment 709 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 73
Recital 73
Amendment 721 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles which are acknowledged, in particular, in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure full observance of the right to asylum guaranteed by Article 18 of the Charterself- determination of the citizens of the Member States, as well as their rights recognised under Articles 1, 4, 7, 24 and 47 thereof. This Regulation should therefore be applied accordingly to a secure and safe environment and the preservation of their cultures and way of life.
Amendment 722 #
2020/0279(COD)
Amendment 735 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 739 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) sets out a common framework for the management of asylum andpplications in the Union and the prevention of illegal migration into the Union;
Amendment 747 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establishes a mechanism for voluntary solidarity;
Amendment 749 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) lays down the criteria and mechanismsdetermines that the Member State responsible for examining an application for deintermining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protectionnational protection is ordinarily the Member State of first entry; provides guidelines for Commission support, if requested by a Member State, by ensuring that all funds allocated are used to prevent illegal mass-migration; facilitates the prompt return of illegal migrants.
Amendment 752 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘third-country national’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Uniona Member State within the meaning of Article 20(1) of the Treaty and who is not a person enjoying the right to free movement under Union law as defined in Article 2, point (5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council53 ; _________________ 53Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 753 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) ‘illegal migrant’ means any third- country national who enters the territory of the Member States without prior approval in the form of a visa or residence permit or who enters a Member State by force, or a person who enters a Member State and does not apply for protection at the first opportunity. A person who wishes to apply for international protection, must do so in a peaceful manner and at the first possible opportunity (at a border post, disembarkation point, or asylum processing facility). Should the third- country national enter a Member State by force or travel through a Member State without applying for protection, any application that is lodged will be denied, the person will be considered as an illegal migrant, and will be detained and returned to his or her country of origin.
Amendment 756 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ‘application for international protection’ or ‘application’ means a request for protection made to a Member State by a third-country national or a stateless person, who can be understood as seeking refugee status, or a person seeking subsidiary protection status but only in cases where protection could not be granted in the region, 'international protection' as defined in this Regulation does not include humanitarian visas issued by a Member State on a discretionary basis;
Amendment 768 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘applicant’ means a third-country national or a stateless person who has made an application for international protection in respect of which a decision has not been takenwithout illegally entering a Member State, or has been taken and is either subject to or can still be subject to a remedy in the Member State concerned, irrespective of whether the applicant has a right to remain or is allowed to remain in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation], including a person who has been granted immediate protection pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Regulation addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of asylum and migration];
Amendment 769 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) 'child' means a minor under the age of 13,
Amendment 770 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘examination of an application for international protection’ means examination of the admissibility or the merits of an application for international protection in accordance with Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation] and Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation], excluding procedures for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with this Regulationapplicable United Nation conventions currently in force;
Amendment 776 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘beneficiary of international protection’ means a third-country national or a stateless person who has been granted international protection as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation]by the respective Member State;
Amendment 781 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
(g) ‘family members’ means, insofar as the family already existed before the applicant or the family member arrived on the territory of the Member States, the following members of the applicant’s family who are present on the territory of the Member States, and with whom there is a well-proven family link:
Amendment 787 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point i
(i) the spouse of the applicant or his or her unmarried partner in a stable relationship, where the law or practice of, only where the country of origin and the Member State concerned treats unmarried couples in a way comparable to married couples under its law relating to third-country ncognises the marriage in accordance with its national legislationals,
Amendment 795 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point iii
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point iii
(iii) where the applicant is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult legally responsible for the applicant, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the adult is present,
Amendment 806 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point v
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – point v
Amendment 820 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) ‘minor’ means a third-country national or a stateless person below the age of 18 years but over the age of 13;
Amendment 821 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) 'unaccompanied child' means a minor under the age of 13 who arrives on the territory of the Member States unaccompanied by an adult responsible for him or her, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State concerned, and for as long as he or she is not effectively taken into the care of such an adult; it includes a minor under the age of 13 who is left unaccompanied after he or she has entered the territory of Member States;
Amendment 826 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) ‘representative’ means a person or an organisation appointed by the competent bodies in order to assist and represent an unaccompanied minor or child in procedures provided for in this Regulation with a view to ensuring the best interests of the child and exercising legal capacity for the minor or child where necessary;
Amendment 832 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 841 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point p
(p) ‘absconding’ means the action by which an applicant does not remain available to the competent administrative or judicial authorities, such as by repeatedly failing to respond to official requests or by leaving the territory of the Member State without authorisation from the competent authorities for reasons which are not beyond the applicant’s control;
Amendment 857 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) ‘contributing Member State’ means a Member State that contributes or is obliged to contribute to the solidarity measures to a benefitting Member State set out in Chapters I-III of Part IV of this Regulation;
Amendment 888 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point w a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point w a (new)
(wa) ‘massive illegal migration threat’ means a situation where there is a large number of illegal migrants, or a risk of such individuals appearing, in a Member State and the specific developments in third countries which generate mass illegal migration flows;
Amendment 893 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point aa
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) ‘illegally staying third-country national’ means a third-country national who does not fulfil or no longer fulfils the conditions of entry as set out in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 or other conditions for entry, stay or residence in a Member State, and who must be returned to his or her country of origin without delay.
Amendment 912 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 916 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) mutually-beneficial partnerships and close cooperation with relevant third countries, including on legal pathways for third-country nationals in need of international protection and for those otherwise admitted to reside legally in the Member States addressing the root causes of irregular migration, supporting partners hosting large numbers of migrants and refugees in need of protection and building their capacities in border, asylum and migration management, preventing and combatting irregular migration and migrant smuggling, and enhancing cooperation on readmission;addressing illegal migration with relevant third countries, supporting countries hosting large numbers of migrants and refugees in need of protection and building their capacities in border, asylum and migration management, preventing and combatting illegal migration and migrant trafficking and smuggling, and enhancing cooperation on readmission, including making development aid to third countries conditional upon the effective implementation of readmission agreements1a; the Commission shall, in this regard, ensure that, in all its dealings with the authorities of third countries, it supports all initiatives and policies of the Member States aimed at combatting illegal immigration, returning illegal migrants, countering the weaponisation of illegal migrants, and preventing asylum fraud; _________________ 1aParticularly in accordance with resolution of the European Parliament of 25 November 2020 on improving development effectiveness and the efficiency of aid.
Amendment 924 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) close cooperation and mutual partnership among Union institutions and bodies, Member States andbetween Member States, and if so requested, assisted where necessary by the Commission; the Commission shall ensure that it supports the Member States' efforts in all international forganisationsa such as, but not limited to, the United Nations and the OSCE;
Amendment 931 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) full implementarespect for the sovereignty of Member States and recognition that border protection ofand the common visa policydecision to grant or refuse visas for third country nationals is a national competence;
Amendment 935 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) effective management and prevention of irregularprevention of illegal migration and support from the Commission to ensure that any funds received including development and/or emergency aid is strictly conditioned on full compliance with all requests from Member States in their work to end illegal migration;
Amendment 944 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) effective management of the Union’s external borders, based on the European integrated border management which includes support to Member States that face severe migratory pressure and, as a result, need to erect physical barriers at the external border of the Union;
Amendment 953 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) full respect of the obligations laid down in international and European lawlegally binding international instruments concerning persons rescued at sea;
Amendment 958 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) access to procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection on Union territory and recognition of third- country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or beneficiaries of subsidiary protection;
Amendment 962 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) determination of the Member State responsible for the examination of an application for international protection, based on shared responsibility and rules and mechanism; if a Member State fails in their primary duty to uphold the integrity of the national border, any and all third country nationals that enter the EU zone for the first time will be that Member Sate's responsibility. If other Member States would like to show solidarity in the defence of that Member State's border, they are encouraged to do so; Member States are especially encouraged to provide support if that Member State's fbor solidarityder coincides at any distance with the external border, and that Member State has applied active and robust preparatory measures against illegal migration, the weaponisation of illegal migration, and asylum fraud;
Amendment 969 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) access for applicants to adequate reception conditions; Member States are encouraged to outsource and locate any asylum reception facilities to an appropriate third country; preferably, the third country shall be located geographically so that the carbon footprint of the facility used is as light as possible and that the investment can benefit the development of the hosting nation; where possible, the location should also be in the proximity of the country of origin to facilitate their return home;
Amendment 980 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) effective management of thed swift return of illegally staying third-country nationals;
Amendment 982 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point k
(k) effective measures to provide incentives for and support to the integration of beneficiaries of international protection in the Member Statesensure that refugees are hosted in the region close to their country of origin, and in cases where refugees have been granted asylum in a Member State, effective measures to ensure that those who have been granted international protection can return to their country of origin once it is safe to do so;
Amendment 989 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) measures aimed at reducing and tackling the enabling and pull factors of irregularllegal migration to and illegal stay in the Union, including illegal employment, asylum fraud, as well as conditions that enable third countries to weaponise migration;
Amendment 992 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point m
(m) full deployment and use of the operational tools set up at Union level, notably the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the Asylum Agency, EU- LISA and Europol, as well as large-scale Union Information Technology systems to offer any assistance requested by the Member States to combat illegal migration, asylum fraud and hybrid attacks on the Member States;
Amendment 1003 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Union and Member States shall, as far as possible and within the limits of proportionality and subsidiarity, with full respect for the sovereignty of Member States, ensure coherence of asylum and migration management policies, including both the internal and external components of those policies.
Amendment 1007 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure the protection of their external borders against any and all foreign incursions, including illegal migration, hybrid attacks and asylum fraud.
Amendment 1011 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Union and Member States, acting within their respective competencissisted by the Union and in full respect of the sovereignty of the Member States, shall be responsible for the implementation of the asylum and migration management policies.
Amendment 1015 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States, with the support of Union Agencies, shall ensure that they have the capacity to effectively implement asylum and migration management policies, taking into account the comprehensive approach referred to in Article 3, including the necessary human and financial resources and infrastructure.prevent illegal migration, as well as to deter asylum fraud and the weaponisation of migration;
Amendment 1020 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Principle of svolidarity and fair sharing of responsibiluntary solidarity
Amendment 1022 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In implementing their obligations, the Member States shall observe the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility and shall take into account the shared interest in the effective functioning of the Union’s asylum and migration management policies. Member States shall:
Amendment 1038 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain national asylum and migration management systems that provide access to international protectionasylum procedures, grant such protection to those who are in need and ensure the effective and immediate return of those who are illegally staying;
Amendment 1045 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) take all measures necessary and proportionate to reduce and prevent irregularllegal migration to the territories of the Member States, in close cooperation and partnership with relevant third countries by making development aid conditional upon the effective implementation of readmission agreements, including as regards the prevention and fight against migrant smuggling, particularly by NGOs operating under the guise of "search and rescue";
Amendment 1054 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) remove any pull factors that attract more illegal migration to the Union or that create migratory pressure on another Member States ' external borders by adapting their domestic law as appropriate;
Amendment 1066 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) provide voluntary support to other Member States in the form of solidarityfinancial or other contributions on the basis of needs set out in Chapters I-III of Part IV;
Amendment 1089 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt a European Asylum and Migration Management Strategy setting out the strategic approach to managing asylum and preventing illegal migration at Union level and on the implementation of asylum and migration management policies in accordance with the principles set out in this Part. The Commission shall transmit the Strategy to the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 1095 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1103 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) relevant reports and analyses from Union agencies;nd other international agencies; in this regard the Member States shall consider setting up a migratory observatory as a permanent function within the OSCE in order to have a better understanding of illegal flows of third country nationals and hybrid warfare preparations that weaponise third country nationals through asylum fraud and other methods in relation to illegal migration.
Amendment 1117 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall have national strategies in place to ensure sufficient capacity for the implementation of an effective asylum and migration management system in accordance with the principles set out in this Part. Those strategies shall include contingency planning at national level, taking into account the contingency planning pursuant to Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [European Union Asylum Agency], Regulation (EU) 2019/189656 (European Border and Coast Guard Agency) and Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] and the reports of the Commission issued within the framework of the Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint. Such national strategies shall include information on how the Member State is implementing the principles set out in this Part and legal obligations stemming therefrom at national level. They shall take into account other relevant strategies and existing support measures notably under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Fund] and Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [European Union Asylum Agency] and be coherent with and complementary to the national strategies for integrated border management established in accordance with Article 8(6) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896. The results of the monitoring undertaken by the Asylum Agency and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, of the evaluation carried out in accordance with Council Regulation No 1053/2013 as well as those carried out in line with Article 7 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation], should also be taken into account in these strategies. _________________ 56Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624, OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1to protect their borders and for a robust response to illegal migration.
Amendment 1124 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall adopt a Migration Management Report each year setting out the anticipated evolution of the migratory situation and the preparedness of the Union and the Member States. In the case of migratory flows generated by search and rescue operations, the Commission shall consult the concerned Member States and the Report shall set out the total number of projected disembarkations in the short term and the solidarity response that would be required to contribute to the needs of the Member States of disembarkation through relocation and through measures in the field of capacity building, operational support and measures in the field of the external dimension. The Report shall also indicate whether particular Member States are faced with capacity challenges due to the presence of third-country nationals who are vulnerable and include the results of the reporting on monitoring listed in paragraph 3 including the information gathered within the framework of the Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint and propose improvements where appropriate.
Amendment 1130 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1160 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Where the Commission considers it appropriate, it shall also identify in its report measures designed to promote cooperation among the Member States to facilitate the return of illegal staying third- country nationals, including withholding development aid and other forms of financial and non-financial assistance from a third country as long cooperation is lacking.
Amendment 1166 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. On the basis of the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission and the Council, within their respective competencies, shall consider the appropriate actions taking into account the Union’s overall relations with the third country including withholding development aid or other forms of funding.
Amendment 1176 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Only a Member States shall is competent to decide and examine any application for international protection by a third-country national or a stateless person who applies on the territory of any one of them, including at the border or in the transit zones. The application shall be examined by a single Member State, which shall be the one which the criteria set out in Chapter II of Part III indicate is responsibleand it shall be done in line with that particular Member State's laws and policies with no interference from the Commission, the European Parliament or any other EU institution.
Amendment 1182 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where no Member State responsible can be designated on the basis of the criteria listed in this Regulation, tThe first Member State in which the application for international protection was registered shall be responsible for examining it.
Amendment 1191 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1214 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where the security check carried out in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation] or in accordance with the first and second subparagraphs of this paragraph shows that there are reasonable grounds to consider the applicant a danger to national security or public order of the Member State carrying out the security check, that Member State shall be the Member State responsiblemay return the applicant to the country of origin without delay.
Amendment 1221 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. Each Member State shall retain the right to send an applicant to a safe third country, subject to the rules and safeguards laid down inif he or she has entered the territory of any Member State illegally or by using force, as well as under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedure Regulation].
Amendment 1222 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Each Member State shall retain the right to deny entry and push back any potential applicant attempting to enter and to push back any applicant having entered its territory from a safe third country or by having traversed a safe third country;
Amendment 1227 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where a third-country national or stateless person intends, after legally entering the territory of a Member State of the Union, to make an application for international protectionasylum, the application shall be made and registered in the Member State of first entry.
Amendment 1231 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, where a third-country national or stateEach Member State may determine ruless person is in possession of a valid residence permit or a valid visa, the application shall be made and registered in the Member State that issued the residence permit or visataining to illegal migrants and/or asylum applicants as they see fit.
Amendment 1242 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The applicant shall fully cooperate with the competent authorities of the Member States in matters covered by this Regulation, in particular by submitting as soon as possible and at the latest during the interview referred to in Article 12, all the elements and information available to him or her relevant for determining the Member State responsible. Where the applicant is not in a position at the time of the interview to submit evidence to substantiate the elements and information provided, the competent authority may set a time limit within the period referred to in Article 29(1) for submitting such evidenceprocessing his or her application.
Amendment 1248 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1259 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The applicant shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 15 to 17 of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] pursuant to Article 17a of that Directive in any Member State other than the one in which he or she is required to be present pursuant to Article 9(4) of this Regulation if he or she entered the territory of a Member State illegally or by using force, and pursuant to Article 9(4) of this Regulation from the moment he or she has been notified of a decision to transfer him or her to the Member State responsible, provided that the applicant has been informed of that consequence pursuant to Article 8(2), point (b) of Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Screening Regulation]. This shall be without prejudice to the need to ensure a standard of living in accordance with Union law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and international obligations.
Amendment 1262 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Any applicant, who has entered the territory of a Member State illegally, shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 15 to 17 of Directive XXX/XXX/EU [Reception Conditions Directive] pursuant to Article 17a of that Directive in any Member State. This shall be without prejudice to the need to ensure a standard of living in accordance with Union law, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and international obligations.
Amendment 1271 #
Amendment 1329 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) where applicable, of an age assessment, including by established medical methods, of an applicant or a DNA-test to prove a family-link;
Amendment 1335 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1362 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. In order to facilitate the process of determining the Member State responsible, the determining Member State of first entry shall conduct a personal interview with the applicant. The interview shall also allow the proper understanding of the information supplied to the applicant in accordance with Article 11.
Amendment 1366 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the applicant fails to produce identification and there are reasonable grounds to believe that such failure has been caused by the applicant;
Amendment 1376 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The personal interview shall take place in a timmmediately manner and, in any event, before any take charge request is made pursuant to Article 29d close to where the applicant entered the territory of a Member State.
Amendment 1378 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The personal interview shall be conducted in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand and in which he or she is able to communicate. Interviews of unaccompanied minorschildren shall be conducted in a child-friendly manner, by staff who are appropriately trained and qualified under national law, in the presence of the representative and, where applicable, the minorchild’s legal advisor. Where necessary, Member States shall have recourse to an interpreter, and where appropriate a cultural mediator, who is able to ensure appropriate communication between the applicant and the person conducting the personal interview. The applicant may request to be interviewed and assisted by staff of the same sex.
Amendment 1395 #
Amendment 1396 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The best interests of the child shall be a primaryand minor shall be an important consideration for Member States with respect to all procedures provided for in this Regulation, as long as the minor did not engage in acts of violence towards other persons or property in the Member State(s). If such violent acts are committed, any special treatment due to age might be revoked at the discretion of the responsible Member State.
Amendment 1401 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 1402 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Member States are encouraged to ensure the swift and appropriate safe placement of children while awaiting family reunification and the return to their home countries or placement in the region close to their home.
Amendment 1408 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Each Member State where an unaccompanied minorchild is present shall ensure that he or she is represented and assisted by a representative with respect to the relevant procedures provided for in this Regulation. The representative shall have the qualifications, training and expertise to ensure that the best interests of the minor are taken into consideration during the procedures carried out under this Regulation. Such representative shall have access to the content of the relevant documents in the applicant’s file including the specific information material for unaccompanied minors.children
Amendment 1409 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Where an organisation is appointed as a representative, it shall designate a person responsible for carrying out its duties in respect of the minorchild. The first subparagraph shall apply to that person.
Amendment 1420 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The representative of an unaccompanied minorchild shall be involved in the process of establishing the Member State responsible under this Regulation. The representative shall assist the unaccompanied minorchild to provide information relevant to the assessment of his or her best interests in accordance with paragraph 4, including the exercise of the right to be heard, and shall support his or her engagement with other actors, such as family tracing organisations, where appropriate for that purpose.
Amendment 1441 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the minorchild’s well-being and social development, taking into particular consideration the minorchild’s background;
Amendment 1450 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) safety and security considerations, in particular where there is a risk of the minor or child being a victim of any form of violence and exploitation, including trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 1457 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) the views of the minor or child, in accordance with his or her age and maturity;
Amendment 1462 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) where the applicant is an unaccompanied minorchild, the information provided by the representative in the Member State where the unaccompanied minorchild is present.
Amendment 1466 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1476 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. For the purpose of applying Article 15, the Member State where the unaccompanied minor or child’s application for international protection was registered shall, as soon as possible, take appropriate action to identify the family members or relatives of the unaccompanied minor or child on the territory of Member States, whilst protecting the best interests of the child.
Amendment 1490 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7
Article 13 – paragraph 7
7. With a view to facilitating the appropriate action to identify the family members or relatives of the unaccompanied minor or child living in the territory of another Member State pursuant to paragraph 6, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts including a standard form for the exchange of relevant information between Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 67(2).
Amendment 1496 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State responsible in accordance with the criteria set out in this Chapter shall be determined on the basis of the situation obtaining when the application for international protection was first registered with a Member Stateshall be the Member State of first entry.
Amendment 1504 #
Amendment 1523 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1532 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 1539 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 1542 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Amendment 1545 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 1555 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1557 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20
Article 20
Amendment 1574 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where it is established, on the basis of proof or circumstantial evidence as described in the two lists referred to in Article 30(4) of this Regulation, including the data referred to in Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Eurodac Regulation], that an applicant has irregularllegally crossed the border into a Member State by land, sea or air having come from a third country, the first Member State thus entered shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection. That responsibility shall cease if the application is registered more than 3 years after the date on which that border crossing took placeapplicant can be returned to the third country in question or the applicant's country of origin. Member States are under no obligation to consider an application for asylum where the applicant illegally entered the Member State in question.
Amendment 1577 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1584 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 1654 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of this Regulation, the situation of a minor or child who is accompanying the applicant and meets the definition of family member shall be indissociable from that of his or her family member and the minor or child shall be taken charge of or taken back by the Member State responsible for examining the application for international protection of that family member, even if the minor is not individually an applicant, unless it is demonstrated that this is not in the best interests of the child. The same principle shall be applied to children born after the applicant arrives on the territory of the Member States, without the need to initiate a new procedure for taking charge of them.
Amendment 1673 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The process of determining the Member State responsible takes place, in case the applicant has crossed the border by land, in facilities close to the point of entry or close to the border, which are equipped to register and process applications without delay; in case the applicant has entered by land or by the sea the determination shall take place at the port or the airport;
Amendment 1682 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. An applicant who is present in another Member State without a residence document or who there makes an application for international protection during the process of determining the Member State responsible, shall be taken back, under the conditions laid down in Articles 31 and 35, by the Member State with which that application was first registeredcan be returned to his or her country of origin. Freedom of movement within the EU does not apply to applicants for asylum.
Amendment 1684 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1686 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Article 28 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1688 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. If, after having established the identity of the applicant, a Member State where an application for international protection has been registered considers that another Member State is responsible for examining the application, it shall, without delay and in any event within two months of the date on which the application was registered, request that other Member State to take charge of the applicant.
Amendment 1708 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Where the applicant is an unaccompanied minorchild, the determining Member State may, where it considers that it is in the best interest of the minorchild, continue the procedure for determining the Member State responsible and request another Member State to take charge of the applicant despite the expiry of the time limits laid down in the first and second subparagraphs.
Amendment 1713 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the take charge request by another Member State shall be made using a standard form and including documents confirming the identity of the applicant as well as proof or circumstantial evidence as described in the two lists referred to in Article 30(4) and/or relevant elements from the applicant’s statement, enabling the authorities of the requested Member State to check whether it is responsible on the basis of the criteria laid down in this Regulation.
Amendment 1805 #
Amendment 1855 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States other than the Member State of first entry shall not hold a person in detention for the sole reason that he or she is subject to the procedure established by this Regulation.
Amendment 1867 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Where there is a risk of absconding, or when an applicant fails to produce documents proving his or her identity, Member States may detain the person concerned in order to secure transfer procedures in accordance with this Regulation, on the basis of an individual assessment and only in so far as detention is proportional and other less coercive alternative measures cannot be applied effectively, based on an individual assessment of the person’s circumstances.
Amendment 1957 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the sole purpose of the provision of medical care or treatment, in particular concerning disabled persons, elderly people, pregnant women, minors, children and persons who have been subject to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical and sexual violence, the transferring Member State shall, in so far as it is available to the competent authority in accordance with national law, transmit to the Member State responsible information on any special needs of the person to be transferred, which in specific cases may include information on that person’s physical or mental health. That information shall be transferred in a common health certificate with the necessary documents attached. The Member State responsible shall ensure that those special needs are adequately addressed, including in particular any essential medical care that may be required.
Amendment 1975 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. Provided it is necessary for the examination of the application for international protection, the Member State responsible may request another Member State to let it know on what grounds the applicant bases his or her application and, where applicable, the grounds for any decisions taken concerning the applicant. The other Member State may refuse to respond to the request submitted to it, if the communication of such information is likely to harm its essential interests or the protection of the liberties and fundamental rights of the person concerned or of others. In any event, communication of the information requested shall be subject to the written approval of the applicant for international protection, obtained by the requesting Member State. In that case, the applicant must know for what specific information he or she is giving his or her approval.
Amendment 2018 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Solidarity cContributions for the benefit of a Member State under migratory pressure or subject to disembarkations following search and rescue operations shallmay consist of the following types:
Amendment 2035 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) assistance to protect the external border of the Union;
Amendment 2083 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46
Article 46
Article 46 deleted Solidarity Forum shall comprise all Member States. The Commission shall convene and preside the Solidarity Forum in order to ensure the smooth functioning of this Part.
Amendment 2099 #
Amendment 2119 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
Article 47 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2123 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 2125 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 2128 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 47 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 2133 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Article 47 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2143 #
Amendment 2178 #
Amendment 2252 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – point k
Article 50 – paragraph 3 – point k
(k) the number of unaccompanied minors and children.
Amendment 2313 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1
Article 52 – paragraph 1
1. Where the report referred to in Article 51 indicates that a Member State is under migratory pressure, the other Member States which are not themselves benefitting Member States shallcan contribute by means of the svolidarituntary contributions referred to in Article 45(1), points (a), (b) and (c). Member States shall prioritise the relocation of unaccompanied minors.
Amendment 2316 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2323 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2337 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 4
Article 52 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2342 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Article 52 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2353 #
Amendment 2375 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 54
Article 54
Amendment 2417 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 55 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 2439 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3
Article 56 – paragraph 3
3. Member States which have contributed or plan to contribute with solidarity contributions in response to a request for solidarity support by a Member State, or on its own initiative, shall notify the Commission, thereof by completing the Solidarity Support Plan form set out in Annex IV. The Solidarity Response Plan shall include, where relevant, verifiable information, including on the scope and nature of the measures and their implementation.
Amendment 2461 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where relocation is to be applied, the benefitting Member State shall identify the persons who could be relocated. Where the person concerned is an applicant for or a beneficiary of international protection, that Member State shall take into account, where applicable, the existence of meaningful links between the person concerned and the Member State of relocation. Where the identified person to be relocated is a beneficiary for international protection, the person concerned shall be relocated only after that person consented to relocation in writing.
Amendment 2565 #
2020/0279(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 71
Article 71
Directive 2003/109/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Amendments to the Long Term Residence 1. as follows: Article 4 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph is added: ‘With regard to beneficiaries of international protection, the required period of legal and continuous residence shall be three years.rticle 71 deleted Directive Directive 2003/109/EC is amended in paragraph 1, the following sub- (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 159 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The rules governing border control of persons crossing the external borders of the Member States of the Union are laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Schengen Borders Code)21 as adopted under Article 77(2)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). To further develop the Union’s policy with a view to carrying out checks on persons and efficiently monitoring the crossing of external borders referred to in the first paragraph of Article 77 TFEU, additional measures should address situations where third-country nationals manage to avoid, whether purposely or not, border checks at the external borders, or where third-country nationals are disembarked following search and rescue operations as well as where third-country nationals request international protection at a border crossing point without fulfilling entry conditions. The present regulation complements and specifies Regulation (EU) 2016/399 with regard to those three sets of situations. _________________ 21 Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, p.1.
Amendment 164 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) It is essential to ensure that in those three sets of situations, the third country nationals are screened, in order to facilitate a proper identification and to allow for them being referred efficientlyefficiently and promptly refer them to the relevant procedures which, depending on the circumstances, can be procedures for international protection or procedures respecting Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (the “Return Directive”)22 . The screening should seamlessly complement the checks carried out at the external border or compensate for the fact that those checks have been circumvented by the third country nationals when crossing the external border. _________________ 22 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals, OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98.
Amendment 170 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Border control is in the interest not only of the Member States at whose external borders it is carried out but of all Member States which have abolished internal border control. Border control should help toprimarily combat illegal migration and trafficking of human beings and to prevent any threat to the Member States’ internal security, public policy, public health and international relations. As such, measures taken at the external borders are important elements of a comprehensive approach to migration, allowing to address the challenge of mixed flows of migrants and persons seeking international protectionensuring safety of the Member States.
Amendment 176 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, border control consists of border checks carried out at the border crossing points and border surveillance, which is carried out between the border crossing points, in order to prevent third-country nationals from illegally circumventing border checks. In accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 a person who has crossed a border in an unauthorised manner and who has no right to stay on the territory of the Member State concerned shall be apprehended and made subject to procedures respecting Directive 2008/115/EC. In accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, border control should be carried out without prejudice to the rights of refugees and persons requesting international protection, in particular as regards non- refoulement.
Amendment 184 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Border guards are often confronted with third-country nationals who are requesting international protection without travel documents or any other documents supporting their claims, both following apprehension during border surveillance and during checks at the border crossing points. Moreover, at some border sections the border guards are confronted with large numbers of arrivals at the same time. In such circumstances, it is particularly difficult to ensure that all relevant databases are consulted and to immediately determine the appropriate asylum or return procedure.
Amendment 191 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In order to ensure a swift and efficient handling of third-country nationals who try to avoid border checks or who request international protection at a border crossing point without fulfilling the entry conditions or who are disembarked following a search and rescue operation, it is necessary to provide a stronger framework for cooperation between the different national authorities responsible for border control, the protection of public health, the examination of the need for international protection and the application of return procedures.
Amendment 194 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In particular, the sScreening should help to ensure that the third-country nationals concerned are referred to the appropriate procedures at the earliest stage possible and that the procedures are continued without interruption and delay. At the same timeIn particular, the screening should help to counter the practice whereby some applicants for international protection abscond after having been authorised to enter the territory of a Member State based on their request for international protection, in order to pursue such requests in another Member State or not at all.
Amendment 198 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) With regard to those persons who apply for international protection, the screening shouldmay be followed by an examination of the need for international protection. It shouldmay allow to collect and share with the authorities competent for that examination any information that is relevant for the latter to identify the appropriate procedure for the examination of the application, thusif that would allow for speeding up that examination. The screening should also ensure that persons with special needs are identified at an early stage, so that any special reception and procedural needs are fully taken into account in the determination of and the pursuit of the applicable procedure.
Amendment 202 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The obligations stemming from this Regulation should be without prejudice to the provisions concerning responsibility for examining an application for international protection regulated in Regulation (EU) No XX/XXX [Asylum and Migration Management Regulation] if it is not hampering the security of the external borders.
Amendment 204 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) This Regulation should apply to third-country nationals and stateless persons who are apprehended in connection with the unauthorised or illegal crossings of the external border of a Member State by land, sea or air, except third country nationals for whom the Member State is not required to take the biometric data pursuant to Article 14(1) and (3) of the Eurodac Regulation for reasons other than their age, as well as to persons who have been disembarked following search and rescue operations, regardless of whether they apply or not for international protection. This Regulation should also apply to those who seek international protection at the border crossing points or in transit zones without fulfilling the entry conditions
Amendment 211 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The screening should always be conducted at or in proximity to the external border, before the persons concerned are authorised to enter the territory. The Member States should apply measures pursuant to national law to prevent the persons concerned from entering the territory during the screening. In individual cases, wWhere required, this may include detention, subject to the national law regulating that matter.
Amendment 233 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 240 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the fulfilment of entry conditions and the authorisation of entry are expressed in an entry stamp in a travel document. The absence of such entry stamp or the absence of a travel document mayshould therefore be considered as an indication that the holder does not fulfil the entry conditions. With the start of the operation of the Entry/Exit System leading to substitution of the stamps with an entry in the electronic system, that presumption will become even more reliable. Member States should therefore apply the screening to third-country nationals who are already within the territory and who are unable to prove that they fulfilled the conditions of entry into the territory of the Member States. The screening of such third-country nationals is clearly necessary in order to compensate for the fact that they presumably managed to evade entry checks upon arrival in the Schengen area and therefore could have not been either refused entry or referred to the appropriate procedure following screening. Applying the screening could also help in ascertaining, through the consultation of the databases referred to in this Regulation, that the persons concerned do not pose a threat to internal security. By the end of the screening within the territory, the third- country nationals concerned should be subject to a return procedure or, where they apply for international protection, to the appropriate asylum procedure. Submitting the same third-country national to repeated screenings should be avoided to the utmost extent possible.
Amendment 246 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The screening should be completed as soon as possible, and should not exceed 5 days where it is conducted at the external border and 3 days where it is conducted within the territory of a Member State. Any extension of the 5 days’ time limit should be reserved forIn exceptional situations at, the external borders, where the capacities of the Member State to handle screenings are exceeded for reasons beyond its control such as crisis situations referred to in Article 1 of Regulation XXX/XXX [crisis proposal]limit can be extended if it is necessary for the proper conducting of the screening procedure.
Amendment 251 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Member States should determine appropriate locations for the screening at or in close proximity to the external border taking into account geography and existing infrastructures, ensuring that apprehended third-country nationals as well as those who present themselves at a border crossing point can be swiftly submitted to the screening. In any case, the persons under the screening procedure shall not be deemed to be on the territory of a Member State. The tasks related to the screening may be carried out in hotspot areas as referred to in point (23) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 . _________________ 23 Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard, OJ L 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1.
Amendment 257 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 264 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 277 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) By the end of the screening, the authorities responsible for the screening should fill in a de-briefing form. The form should be transmitted to the authorities examining applications for international protection or to the authorities competent for return – depending on whom the individual is referred to. In the former case, the authorities responsible for the screening should also indicate any elements which may seem to be relevant for determining whether the competent authorities should submit the application of the third-country national concerned to an accelerated examination procedure or to the border procedure.
Amendment 287 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) A preliminary health examination should be carried out on all persons submitted to the screening at the external borders with a view to identifying persons in need of immediate care or requiring other measures to be taken, for instance isolation on public health grounds. The specific needs of minors and vulnerable persons should be taken into account. If it is clear from the circumstances that such examination is not needed, in particular because the overall condition of the person appears to be very good, the examination should not take place and the person concerned should be informed of that fact. The preliminary health examination should be carried out by the health authorities of the Member State concerned. With regard to third-country nationals apprehended within the territory, the preliminary medical examination should be carried out where it is deemed necessary at first sightThe preliminary health examination should be carried out by the health authorities of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 294 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 302 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Since third-country nationals subject to the screening may not carry or disclose the necessary identity and travel documents required for the legal crossing of the external border, an identification procedure should be provided for as part of the screening.
Amendment 305 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The Common Identity Repository (“CIR”) was established by Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Interoperability Regulation)25 to facilitate and assist in the correct identification of persons registered in the Entry/Exit System (“EES”), the Visa Information System (“VIS”), the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (“ETIAS”), Eurodac and in the European Criminal Records Information System for third country nationals (“ECRIS-TCN”), including of unknown persons who are unable to identify themselves. For that purpose, the CIR contains only the identity, travel document and biometric data recorded in EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN, logically separated. Only the personal data strictly necessary to perform an accurate identity check is stored in the CIR. The personal data recorded in the CIR is kept for noas longer than strictly as it is necessary for the purposes of the underlying systems and should automatically be deleted where the data are deleted from the underlying systems. Consultation of the CIR enables a reliable and exhaustive identification of persons, by making it possible to consult all identity data present in the EES, VIS, ETIAS, Eurodac and ECRIS-TCN in one go, in a fast and reliable manner, while ensuring a maximum protection of the data and avoiding unnecessary processing or duplication of data. _________________ 25 Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems in the field of borders and visa and amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2017/2226, (EU) 2018/1240, (EU) 2018/1726 and (EU) 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decisions 2004/512/EC and 2008/633/JHA, OJ L 135, 22.5.2019, p. 27.
Amendment 313 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Given that many persons submitted to the screening may not carry or disclose any travel documents, the authorities conducting the screening should have access to any other relevant documents held by the persons concerned in cases where the biometric data of such persons are not usable or yield no result in the CIR. The authorities should also be allowed to use data from those documents, other than biometric data, to carry out checks against the relevant databases.
Amendment 315 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) The identification of persons during border checks at the border crossing point and any consultation of the databases in the context of border surveillance or police checks in the external border area by the authorities who referred the person concerned to the screening should be considered as part of the screening and should not be repeated, unless there are special circumstances justifying such repetition.
Amendment 324 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The screening should alsoprimarily assess whether the entry of the third- country nationals into the Union could pose a threat to internal security or to public policy.
Amendment 336 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Where justified for the purpose of the security check, the screening could also include verification of objects in the possession of third-country nationals, in accordance with national law. Any measures applied in this context should be proportionate and should respect the human dignity of the persons subject to the screening. The authorities involved should ensure that the fundamental rights of the individuals concerned are respected, including the right to protection of personal data and freedom of expression.
Amendment 359 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes the screening at the external borders of the Member States of all third-country nationals who have crossed the external border illegally in an unauthorised manner, of those who have applied for international protection during border checks without fulfilling entry conditions, as well as those disembarked after a search and rescue operation, before they are referred to the appropriate procedure.
Amendment 371 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
The object of the screening shall be the identification of all third-country nationals subject to it and the verification against relevant databases that the persons subject to it do not pose a threat to internal security. The screening shall also entailinclude health checks, to identify persons posing a threat to public health, and where appropriate, to identify persons vulnerable and in the need of health care as well the ones posing a threat to public health. Those checks shall contribute to referring such persons to the appropriate procedure.
Amendment 428 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. During the screening, the persons referred to in Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall notin no circumstances be authorised to enter the territory of a Member State.
Amendment 450 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In the cases referred to in Article 3, the screening shall be conducted at locations situated at or in proximity to the external borders. However, in any case the persons under the screening procedure shall not be deemed to be on the territory of a Member State.
Amendment 463 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. In the cases referred to in Article 3, the screening shall be carried out without delay and shall in any case be completed within 5 days from the apprehension in the external border area, the disembarkation in the territory of the Member State concerned or the presentation at the border crossing point. In exceptional circumstancesituations, wthere a disproportionate number of third-country nationals needs to be subject to the screening at the same time, making it impossible in practice to conclude the screening within that time- limit, the period of 5 days may be extended by a maximum of an additional 5 days limit can be extended, if it is necessary for the proper conducting of the screening procedure.
Amendment 471 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallmay notify the Commission without delay about the exceptional circumstances referred to in paragraph 3. They shall also inform the Commission as soon as the reasons for extending the screening period have ceased to exist.
Amendment 476 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5
Article 6 – paragraph 5
5. The screening referred to in Article 5 shall be carried out without delay and in any case shall be completed within 3 days from apprehension. This limit can be extended, if the screening procedure requires it.
Amendment 505 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 608 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the applicable rules on the conditions of entry for third-country nationals in accordance with Regulation (No) 2016/399 [Schengen Border Code], as well as on other conditions of entry, stay and residence of the Member State concerned, to the extent this information has not been given already;
Amendment 611 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 614 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The information provided during the screening shall be given in a language which the third-country national understands or is reasonably supposed to understand. The information shall be given in writing and, in exceptional circumstances, where necessary, orally using interpretation services. It shall be provided in an appropriate manner taking into account the age and the gender of the person.
Amendment 627 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may authorise relevant and competent national, international and non-governmental organisations and bodies to provide third country nationals with information under this article during the screening according to the provisions established by national law.
Amendment 634 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Third-country nationals submitted to the screening referred to in Article 3 shall be always subject to a preliminary medical examination with a view to identifying any needs for immediate care or isolation on public health grounds, unless, based on the circumstances concerning the general state of the individual third-country nationals concerned and the grounds for directing them to the screening, the relevant competent authorities are satisfied that no preliminary medical screening is necessary. In that case, they shall inform those persons accordingly.
Amendment 638 #
2020/0278(COD)
2. Where relevant, it shall be checked whether persons referred to in paragraph 1 are in a vulnerable situation, victims of torture or have special reception or procedural needs within the meaning of Article 20 of the [recast] Reception Conditions Directive.
Amendment 644 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Where there are indications of vulnerabilities or special reception or procedural needs, the third-country national concerned shallmay receive timely and adequate support in view of their physical and mental health. In the case of minors, support shall be given by personnel trained and qualified to deal with minors, and in cooperation with child protection authorities.
Amendment 664 #
2020/0278(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) biometric data, including DNA testing for age;
Amendment 10 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Past experiences have shown that investment is often drastically cut during crises. However, it is essential to support investment in this particular situation to speed up the recovery and strengthen long- term growth potential. Investing in green and digital technologies, capacities and processes aimed at assisting clean energy transition, boosting energy efficiency in housing and other key sectors of the economic are important to achieve sustainable growth and help create jobs. It will also help make the Union more resilient and less dependent by diversifying key supply chains.
Amendment 11 #
2020/0104(COD)
(6) Past experiences have shown that investment is often drastically cut during crises. However, it is essential to support investment in this particular situation to speed up the recovery and strengthen long- term growth potential. Investing in green and digital technologies, capacities and processes aimed at assisting clean energy transition, boosting energy efficiency in housing and other key sectors of the economic are important to achieve sustainable growth and help create jobs. It will also help make the Union more resilient and less dependent by diversifying key supply chains.
Amendment 31 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 32 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 54 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion. For that purpose, it should contribute to improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, fostering employment creation and to promoting sustainable growth.
Amendment 55 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion. For that purpose, it should contribute to improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, fostering employment creation and to promoting sustainable growth.
Amendment 60 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, theaftermath of the COVID-19 plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. The measures should enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Uniondemic.
Amendment 62 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. The measures should enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereofby the Member States in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental prioritiestandards of the Union.
Amendment 76 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure the national ownership and a focus on relevant reforms and investments, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan that is duly reasoned and substantiated. The recovery and resilience plan should set out the detailed set of measures for its implementation, including targets and milestones, and the expected impact of the recovery and resilience plan on growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience; it should also include measures that are relevant for the green and the digital transitions; it should also include an explanation of the consistency of the proposed recovery and resilience plan with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semesterbe ecologically responsible. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
Amendment 80 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure the national ownership and a focus on relevant reforms and investments, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission a recovery and resilience plan that is duly reasoned and substantiated. The recovery and resilience plan should set out the detailed set of measures for its implementation, including targets and milestones, and the expected impact of the recovery and resilience plan on growth potential, job creation and economic and social resilience; it should also include measures that are relevant for the green and the digital transitions; it should also include an explanation of the consistency of the proposed recovery and resilience plan with the relevant country-specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester. Close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States should be sought and achieved throughout the process.
Amendment 2 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is the European standard for the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) that allows an interoperable railway system in Europe, but it has not yet been deployed on a scale anything like sufficient to generate benefits for the transport sector as a whole;
Amendment 22 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that rail is currently one of the most sustainable and energy- efficient modes of transport, and that rail is not yet achieving its full potential, in spite of the positive developments in the sector, such as the constant increase in rail passenger volumes and rail freight volumes, even if these have been uneven over the past few years ;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the European Green DealU policies calls for a major modal shift to rail and that the new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy sets the milestones of doubling high-speed rail traffic by 2030 and rail freight traffic by 2050; points out, in that connection, that objectives must be realistic if they are to be achieved in such a way as to generate mobility benefits for EU citizens;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s work to establish a Control Command and Signalling (CCS) architecture framework to ensure that rail fully embraces digitalisation that builds the ERTMS; emphasises that safety must be the primary concern whenever new measures are considered and at every deployment stage;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesIs aware of the new tasks entrusted to the Agency under the Fourth Railway Package, and recognises the prominent role of the Agency as a one stop shop which ensures consistency in the development of the interoperable ERTMS, that ERTMS deployment complies with the specifications in force, and that ERTMS- related European research and innovation programmes are coordinated with the development of ERTMS technical specifications;
Amendment 52 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 56 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the ERTMS Coordinator to keep the competent EU Committee on Transport informed about the state of play and planned measures;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that an approach to ERTMS deployment coordinated between all Member States and led by the ERTMS Coordinator is the onlyone way forward to overcome the current patchwork situation; calls, in that connection, for the deployment of ERTMS to take account of specific challenges and circumstances in individual Member States and for the latter to be given a real say in the deployment process;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes there is a need for a regulatory framework for the digitalisation of the rail system, and welcomes the contribution of Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU); strongly supports its new successor initiative, the system pillar, which coordinates the evolution of the system, new technology developments, migration plans, industrialisation and deployment, especially for the ERTMS, with a view to contributing to more efficient collaboration and better use of scarce resources; calls for the Member States not to have deployment decisions imposed on them;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that a ten-fold increase in the deployment pace of ERTMS is urgently needed to achieve the digital transition of the European railway system, and for the ERTMS to be rolled out on the core network by 2030 and on the comprehensive network by 2040; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to maintain and reinforce the binding nature of the targets in its revisions of the Trans- European Network Transport Programme (TEN-T) guidelines, the ERTMS European Deployment Plans (EDPs) and the CCS Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSIs) and to make sufficient funding available for deployment;
Amendment 100 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 126 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal for an ERTMS industrial strategy in the framework of the New Industrial Strategy for Europe,ut forward an ERTMS industrial strategy addressing insufficient industrial capacity, the lack of sufficient workshops for retrofitting and of a stable and predictable budget, and the shortage of qualified staff;
Amendment 129 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to boost, in the framework of the Green Deal, dual vocational dual vocational training and further training for new jobs created by digitalisation and innovation in the field of the new challenges generated by ERTMS deployment and to give all generations the chance to enter the labour market;
Amendment 130 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and Member States to boost, in the framework of the Green Deal, dual vocational training for new jobs created by digitalisation and innovation in the field of the new challenges generated by ERTMS deployment;
Amendment 149 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that EU funds are not sufficient to cover all the expected needs. and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to cooperate closely to further improve the attractiveness of investing in the ERTMS, and to guarantee legal certainty for private investors; points out, in that connection, that without proper incentives no investments will be made;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2191(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Points out that inadequate EU funding will lead to disparities in payments and deployment periods;
Amendment 121 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The application of this Regulation shall be without prejudice to Member States' sovereignty over their airspace and to the requirements of the Member States relating to public order, public security and defence matters, as set out in Article 44. This Regulation does not cover military operations and training, whereas coordination with military authorities shall be ensured to identify and address potential impacts of the application of this regulation on those activities.
Amendment 166 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the national supervisory authorities shall be legfunctionally distinct and independent from any other public or private entity in terms of their organisation, functioning, legal structure and decision- making.
Amendment 179 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 4
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may set up national supervisory authorities which are competent for several regulated sectors, if those integrated regulatory authorities fulfil the independence requirements set out in this Article. The national supervisory authority may also be joined in respect of its organisational structure with the national competent authority and national competition authority referred to in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/200338 , if the joint body fulfils the independence requirements set out in this Article. __________________ 38Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 194 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. In addition to the requirements set out in paragraph 5, persons in charge of strategic decisions shall be appointed by an entity of the Member State concerned which does not directly exert ownership rights over air navigation service providersthrough a clear and transparent procedure. Member States shall decide whether these persons are appointed for a fixed and renewable term, or on a permanent basis which only allows dismissal for reasons not related to their decision-making. Persons in charge of strategic decisions shall not seek or take instructions from any government or other public or private entity when carrying out their functions for the national supervisory authority and shall have full authority over the recruitment and management of its staff.
Amendment 198 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
They shall refrain from any direct or indirect interest that may be considered prejudicial to their independence and which may influence the performance of their functions. To that effect, they shall make an annual declaration of commitment and declaration of interests indicating any direct or indirect interests.
Amendment 206 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Persons in charge of strategic decisions, audits or other functions directly linked to performance targets or oversight of air navigation service providers, shall not hold any professional position or responsibility with any air navigation service provider after their term in the national supervisory authority, for at least a period of two period to be defined by Member States of at least one years.
Amendment 215 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Article 3 – paragraph 10
Amendment 229 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 279 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 284 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to avoid unnecessary administrative burden for small organisations, certain air navigation service providers may be exempted from the requirement provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article. Detailed rules shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37 (3).
Amendment 285 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 315 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 319 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 324 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall have discretionary powers in choosing an air traffic provider and shall specify the rights and obligations to be met by the air traffic service providers , designated individually or jointly. The obligations shall include conditions for making available relevant data enabling all aircraft movements to be identified in the airspace under their responsibility.
Amendment 348 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where this enables cost-efficiency gains to the benefit of airspace users, Member States shallmay allow airport operators tothe procurement of terminal air traffic services for aerodrome control and approach control under market conditions.
Amendment 353 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 372 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the provision of en route air traffic services is separated in terms of organisationfunctionally separated from the provision of CNS, AIS, ADS, MET and terminal air traffic services and that the requirement concerning the separation of accounts referred to in Article 25(3) is respected.
Amendment 376 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 378 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 417 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may add additional key performance areas for performance target setting or monitoring purposes, where necessary to improve performance, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37(3) and on the basis of an impact assessment.
Amendment 433 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point h
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – point h
(h) balanced and symmetrical incentive schemes including for financial bonus and disincentives applicable whethere an air traffic service provider achieves a performance exceeding binding targets or whether it does not comply with the relevant binding performance targets during the reference period or where it has not implemented the relevant common projects referred to in Article 35. SuchThe financial disincentives shall in particular take account of the deterioration in the level of service quality provided by that provider, as a result of not complying with the performance targets or not implementing the common projects, and the impact thereof on the network;
Amendment 442 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall adopt the Union-wide performance targets for en route air navigation services and for terminal air navigation services in the key performance areas of environment, capacity and cost-efficiency for each reference period, in accordance with the advisoryexamination procedure referred to in Article 37(23) and with paragraphs 2 to 3 of this Article. In conjunction with the Union- wide performance targets, the Commission may define complementary baseline values, breakdown values or benchmark groups, for the purpose of enabling the assessment and approval of draft performance plans in accordance with the criteria referred to in Article 13(3). .
Amendment 446 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) they shall drive gradual, continuous improvementsevolution in respect of the operational and economic performance of air navigation services;
Amendment 450 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of preparing its decisions on Union-wide performance targets, the Commission shall collect any necessary input from stakeholders and from the relevant national regulators (national supervisory authorities and national competent authorities). Upon request of the Commission, the Agency acting as PRB shall provide assistance to the Commission for the analysis and preparation of those decisions, by way of an opinion.
Amendment 453 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In case of justified circumstances occurred during the reference period, Member States may modify the notification referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 455 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 458 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 460 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. The designated air traffic service providers concerned shall base their draft performance plans for en route and terminal air navigation services on the classifications the Commission has founreferred to be in compliance with the criteria set out in points (28) and (55) of Article 2paragraph 1. The Agency acting as PRB shall base itself on those same classifications when assessing the allocation of costs between en route and terminal air navigation services under Article 13(3).
Amendment 464 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Article 13 – title
Performance plans and performance targets for en route air navigation services of designated air traffic service providers
Amendment 466 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The designated air traffic service providers for en route air traffic servicesnational supervisory authority shall, for each reference period, adopt draftthe performance plans drafted by air traffic service providers in respect of all the en route air navigation services which they provide and, where applicable, procure from other providers.
Amendment 472 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The draft performance plans shall be adopted after the setting of Union-wide performance targets and before the start of the reference period concerned. They shall contain performance targets for en route air navigation services in the key performance areas of the environment, capacity and cost-efficiency, consistent with the Union- wide performance targets. Those draft performance plans shall take account of the European ATM Master Plan. The draft performance plans shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 474 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The draft performance plans for en route air navigation services referred to in paragraph 1 shall include relevant information provided by the Network Manager. Before adopting those draft plans, designated air traffic service providernational supervisory authorities shall consult airspace users’ representatives and, where relevant, military authorities, airport operators and airport coordinators. The designated air traffic service providers shall also submit those plans to the national competent authority responsible for their certification, which shall verify the compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereof.
Amendment 486 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Consistency of performance targets for en route air navigation service with Union- wide performance targets shall be established according to at least one of the following criteria:
Amendment 490 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) evaluation of performance improvements over time, for the reference period covered by the performance plan, and additionallyor for the overall period comprising both the preceding reference period and the reference period covered by the performance plan;
Amendment 500 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The allocation of costs between en route and terminal air navigation services shall be assessed by the Agency acting as PRB on the basis of the methodology referred to in Article 10(3)(k) and the classification of the different services as assessed by the Commission pursuant to Article 12.
Amendment 501 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The draft performance plans for en route air navigation services referred to in paragraph 1, including where relevant the allocation of costs between en route and terminal air navigation services, shall be submitted to the Agency acting as PRB to assess the compliance with the Performance and Charging Schemes and the consistency with EU targets and to the national supervisory authority for assessment and approval.
Amendment 511 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Where the Agency acting as PRB finds that the allocation of costs complies with that methodology and with that classification, it shall take a decision to that effect, notifying the designated air traffic service provider and national supervisory authority concerned. The national supervisory authority shall be bound by the conclusions of that decision in respect of the allocation of costs for the purposes of the assessment of the draft performance plan for terminal air navigation services referred to in Article 14ensure the compliance to the conclusions of that decision.
Amendment 518 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. The Agency acting as PRB shall assess the performance targets for en route air navigation services and the performance plans according to the criteria and conditions set out in paragraph 3. Where paragraph 6 applies, this assessment shall take place after a decision on the allocation of costs has been taken in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 6the Agency acting as PRB finds that the draft performance plan meets those criteria and conditions, it shall notify it to the national supervisory authority.
Amendment 525 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Where the Agency acting as PRB finds that one or several performance targets for en route air navigation services are not consistent with the Union-wide performance targets or the performance plan does not meet the additional conditions set out in paragraph 3, it shall dennotify the approvalnational supervisory authority.
Amendment 528 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Article 13 – paragraph 8
8. Where the Agency acting as PRB has denied approvalissued a negative assessment of a draft performance plan in accordance with paragraph 7, a revised draft performance plan shall be presented by the designated air traffic service provider concerned, including where necessary revised targets.
Amendment 534 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. The Agency acting as PRB shall assess the revised draft performance plan referred to in paragraph 8 in accordance with the criteria and conditions set out in paragraph 3. Where a revised draft performance plan meets those criteria and conditions, the Agency acting as PRB shall approve notify the national supervisory authority.
Amendment 537 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Where a revised draft performance plan does not meet those criteria and conditions, the Agency acting as PRB shall deny its approval and shall require the designated air traffic service provider to present a final draft performance plan.
Amendment 542 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Where the revised draft performance plan submitted in accordance with paragraph 8 is denied because it contains performance targets for en route air navigation services that are not consistent with the Union-wide performance targets, the Agency acting as PRB shall establish performance targets in consistency with the Union-wide performance targets for the designated air traffic service provider concerned, taking into account the findings made in the decision referred to in paragraph 7. The final draft performance plan to be presented by the designated air traffic service provider concerned shall include the performance targets thus established by the Agency acting as PRBnational supervisory authority, as well as the measures to achieve those targets.
Amendment 546 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
Where approvalthe assessment of the revised draft performance plan submitted in accordance with paragraph 8 is deniednegative only because it does not comply with the conditions set out in the third subparagraph of paragraph 3, the final draft performance plan to be presented by the designated air traffic service provider concerned shall include the performance targets contained in the draft performance plan and found to be consistent with the Union-wide performance targets by the Agency acting as PRB, and shall contain the amendments necessary in view of the conditions the Agency acting as PRB has found not being met.
Amendment 550 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 4
Where approvalthe assessment of the revised draft performance plan submitted in accordance with paragraph 8 is deniednegative because it contains performance targets for en route air navigation services that are not consistent with the Union-wide performance targets and because, in addition, it does not comply with the conditions set out in the third subparagraph of paragraph 3, the final draft performance plan to be presented by the designated air traffic service provider concerned shall include the performance targets established by the Agency acting as PRBnational supervisory authority in accordance with the third subparagraph and the measures to achieve those targets and shall contain the amendments necessary in view of the conditions the Agency acting as PRB has found not being met.
Amendment 552 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 10
Article 13 – paragraph 10
10. Draft performance plans approved by the national supervisory authority and assessed by the Agency acting as PRB shall be adopted by the designated air traffic service providers concerned as definitive plans, and shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 569 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1
The designated air traffic service provider shall provide the information and data necessary for the monitoring of the performance of air navigation services. This shall include information and data related to actual costs and revenues. Where performance targets are not reached or the performance plan is not correctly implemented, the Agency acting as PRB shall issue decisions requiring corrective measures to be implemented by the air traffic service providers. These corrective measures may include, where objectively necessary, a requirement for an air traffic service provi, after consultation with the Network Manager, the Member States and the operational stakeholders to delegate the provision of the relevant services to another air traffic service providerhrough the Cooperative Decision Making (CDM) process. Where the performance targets continue to be missed, or where the performance plan continues to be incorrectly implemented or where corrective measures imposed are not or not properly applied, the Agency acting as PRB shall conduct an investigation and provide an opinion to the Commission in accordance with Article 24(2). The Commission may take action in accordance with Article 24(3).
Amendment 574 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title
Article 14 – title
Performance plans and performance targets for terminal air navigation services of designated air traffic service providers
Amendment 577 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The draft performance plans shall be adopted after the setting of Union-wide performance targets and before the start of the reference period concerned. They shall contain performance targets for terminal air navigation services in the key performance areas of environment, capacity and cost- efficiency, consistent with the Union-wide performance targets. Those draft performance plans shall take account of the European ATM Master Plan. The draft performance plans shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 581 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The draft performance plans for terminal air navigation services referred to in paragraph 1 shall include relevant information provided by the Network Manager. Before adopting those draft plans, designated air traffic service providers shall consult airspace users’ representatives and, where relevant, military authorities, airport operators and airport coordinators. The designated air traffic service providers shall also submit those plans to the national competent authority responsible for their certification, which shall verify the compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis thereofsupervisory authority.
Amendment 586 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Draft performance plans for terminal air navigation services shall contain performance targets for terminal air navigation services that are consistent with the respective Union-wide performance targets in all key performance areas and fulfil the additional conditions laid down in the third subparagraph.
Amendment 592 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Consistency of performance targets for terminal air navigation service with Union- wide performance targets shall be established according to at least one of the following criteria:
Amendment 612 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Where the national supervisory authority finds that one or several performance targets for terminal air navigation services are not consistent with the Union-wide performance targets or the performance plan does not meet the additional conditions set out in paragraph 3, it shall deny the approval.
Amendment 617 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Where the revised draft performance plan submitted in accordance with paragraph 7 is denied because it contains performance targets for terminal air navigation services that are not consistent with the Union-wide performance targetsconditions set out in paragraph 3, the national supervisory authority shall establish performance targets in consistency with the Union-wide performance targets for the designated air traffic service provider concerned, taking into account the findings made in the decision referred to in paragraph 6. The final draft performance plan to be presented by the designated air traffic service provider concerned shall include the performance targets thus established by the national supervisory authority as well as the measures to achieve those targets.
Amendment 622 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 627 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 4
Where approval of the revised draft performance plan submitted in accordance with paragraph 7 is denied because it contains performance targets for terminal air navigation services that are not consistent with the Union-wide performance targets and because, in addition, it does not comply with the conditions set out in the third subparagraph of paragraph 3, the final draft performance plan to be presented by the designated air traffic service provider concerned shall include the performance targets established by the national supervisory authority in accordance with the third subparagraph and the measures to achieve those targets and shall contain the amendments necessary in view of the conditions the national supervisory authority has found not being met.
Amendment 637 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 2
Where performance targets are not reached or the performance plan is not correctly implemented, the national supervisory authority shall issue decisions requiring corrective measures to be implemented by the air traffic service providers. These corrective measures may include, where objectively necessary, a requirement for an air traffic service provider to delegate the provision of the relevant services to another air traffic service provider. Where the performance targets continue to be missed, or where the performance plan continues to be incorrectly implemented, or where corrective measures imposed are not or not properly applied, the national supervisory authority shallmay request the Agency acting as PRB to conduct an investigation in accordance with Article 24(2), and the Commission may take action in accordance with Article 24(3).
Amendment 645 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Article 15
Amendment 655 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Network Manager shall, for each reference period, draw up a draft Network Performance Plan in respect of all the network functions which it deliversupports.
Amendment 666 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency acting as PRB as regards en route air navigation services, or the national supervisory authority concerned as regards terminal air navigation services, shall authorise the designated air traffic service provider concerned to proceed with the intended revision only if it is necessary and proportionate, and where the revised performance targets ensure that consistency with the Union-wide performance targets is maintained. Where the revision has been authorised, designated air traffic service providers shall adopt new draft performance plans, in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles 13 and 14.
Amendment 673 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
For the implementation of the performance scheme, the Commission shall adopt detailed requirements and procedures in respect of Articles 10(3), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 as well as 17, in particular as regards the development of draft performance plans, the setting of performance targets, the criteria and conditions for their assessment, the methodology for allocation of costs between en route and terminal air navigation services, the monitoring of performance and issuance of corrective measures, and the timetables for all procedures. Those requirements and procedures shall be set out in an implementing act adopted in accordance with the advisoryexamination procedure referred to in Article 37(23).
Amendment 674 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to finance the provision of air traffic services covered in this Article through public funds, charges for air navigation services shall be determined, imposed and enforced on airspace users. With respect to route charges, the charging scheme shall be consistent with the Eurocontrol Route Charges System.
Amendment 689 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 6
Article 19 – paragraph 6
6. Financial data on determined costs, actual costs and revenues of designated air traffic service providers shall be reported to national supervisory authorities, Eurocontrol and the Agency acting as PRB and shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 691 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 699 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. other costs incurred by the Member States in relation to the provision of air navigation services such as the costs stemming from international agreements, if such costs are not covered by other financial resources.
Amendment 704 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 6
Article 20 – paragraph 6
6. Designated air traffic service providers shall provide details of their cost base to the Agency acting as PRB, the national supervisory authorities, Eurocontrol and the Commission. To this end, costs shall be broken down in line with the separation of accounts referred to in Article 25(3), and by distinguishing staff costs, operating costs other than staff costs, depreciation costs, cost of capital, costs incurred for fees and charges paid to the Agency acting as PRB, and exceptional costs.
Amendment 709 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Unit rates shall be set by the national supervisory authorities, after verification by the Agency acting as PRB that they comply with Article 19, Article 20 and with this Article. Where the Agency acting as PRB finds that a unit rate does not fulfill those requirements, the unit rate shall be reviewed accordingly by the national supervisory authority concerned. Where a unit rate continues to not fulfill those requirements, the Agency acting as PRB shall conduct an investigation and provide an opinion to the Commission in accordance with Article 24(2), and the Commission may take action in accordance with Article 24(3).
Amendment 717 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For charging purposes, and when congestion causes significant network problems including deterioration of environmental performance, the Commission may define, by way of an Implementing Regulation adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37(3), a common unit rate for en route air navigation services across the Single European Sky airspace, and detailed rules and procedures for its application. The common unit rate referred to in the first subparagraph shall be calculated on the basis of a weighted average of the different unit rates of the air navigation service providers concerned. The proceeds of the common unit rate shall be reallocated so as to achieve revenue neutrality for those air traffic service providers concerned.
Amendment 719 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. Charges shallmay be levied on airspace users for the provision of air navigation services,; if levied, this shall be under non- discriminatory conditions, taking into account the relative productive capacities of the different aircraft types concerned. When imposing charges on different airspace users for the use of the same service, no distinction shall be made in relation to the nationality or category of the user.
Amendment 723 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The charge for en route air navigation services for a given flight in a given en route charging zone shall be calculated on the basis of the unit rate established for that en route charging zone and the en route service units for that flight. The charge shall be made out of one or more variable components, each based on objective factors.
Amendment 728 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. The charge for terminal air navigation services for a given flight in a given terminal charging zone shall be calculated on the basis of the unit rate established for that terminal charging zone and the terminal service units for that flight. For the purpose of calculating the charge for terminal air navigation services, the approach and departure of a flight shall count as a single flight. The charge shall be made out of one or more variable components, each based on objective factors.
Amendment 739 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5
Article 22 – paragraph 5
5. Charges shallmay be modulated to encourage air navigation service providers, airports and airspace users to support improvements in environmental performance, or service quality such as increased use of sustainable alternative fuels, increased capacity, reduced delays and sustainable development, while maintaining an optimum safety level, in particular for implementing the European ATM Master Plan. The modulation shall consist of financial advantages or disadvantages and shall be revenue neutral for air traffic service providers.
Amendment 745 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
For the implementation of the charging scheme, the Commission shallmay adopt detailed requirements and procedures in respect of Articles 19, 20, 21 and 22 in particular regarding the cost bases and determined costs, the setting of unit rates, the incentives schemes and risk sharing mechanisms and the modulation of charges. Those requirements and procedures shall be set out in an implementing act adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 37(2).
Amendment 756 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2. At the request of one or more Member States, of a national supervisory authority or of the Commission, the Agency acting as PRB shall carry out an investigation into any allegation of non- compliance as referred to in paragraph 1. Where it has indications of such non- compliance, the Agency acting as PRB may initiate an investigation on its own initiative. It shall conclude the investigation within four months of receipt of a request, after having heard the Member State, the national supervisory authority concerned and the designated air traffic service provider concerned. Without prejudice to Article 41(1), the Agency acting as PRB shall share the results of the investigation with the Member States concerned, the air traffic service providers concerned and the Commission. Results of the investigation may be subject to appeal.
Amendment 768 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 779 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. The air traffic management network functions shall aim at ensureing the sustainable and efficient use of the airspace and of scarce resources. They shall also ensure that airspace users can operate environmentally optimalised trajectories, while allowing maximum access to airspace and air navigation services and avoiding congestion. Those network functions , enumerated in paragraphs 2 and 3, shall support the achievement of the Union-wide performance targets and shall be based on operational requirements , respecting the separation of regulatory and operational tasks, without prejudice to Member States’ sovereignty over their airspace and to their responsibilities relating to public order, security and defence.
Amendment 788 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the facilitation of the development of the design and management of the European airspace structures ;
Amendment 792 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the coordination of air traffic flow management;
Amendment 795 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) optimisation of airspace design for the network and facilitation of delegation of air traffic services provision, where decided by the Member States concerned, and support to the optimisation of airspace design for the network through co- operation with the air traffic service providers and Member State authorities;
Amendment 799 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) managementfacilitation of the delivery of air traffic control capacity in the network as set out in the binding Network Operations Plan (NOP) adopted in accordance with the Article 27(7);
Amendment 809 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) the management ofsupport to the planning, monitoring and coordination of implementation activities of the deployment of infrastructure in the European ATM network, in accordance with the European ATM Master Plan, through a partnership with the operational stakeholders and taking into account military and operational needs and associated operational procedures;
Amendment 816 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. The functions listed in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not involve the adoption of binding measures of a general scope or the exercise of political discretion. They shall be performed in coordination with civil and military authorities in accordance with agreed procedures concerning the flexible use of airspace.
Amendment 824 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. In order to achieve the objectives referred to in Article 26, the Commission, supported by the Agency where relevantin accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1139, shall ensure that the Network Manager contributes to the execution of the network functions set out in Article 26, by carrying out the tasks referred to in paragraph 4 .
Amendment 828 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission mayshall appoint an impartial and competent body to carry out the tasks of the Network Manager . To this end, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37(3). This appointment Decision shall include the terms and conditions of the appointment, including the financing of the Network Manager.
Amendment 831 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The tasks of the Network Manager shall be executed in an independent, impartial and cost efficient manner . They shall be subject to appropriate governance, which shall recognise separate accountabilities for service provision and regulation where the competent body designatany other activity performed asby the Network Manager also has regulatory functions. In the execution of its tasks, the Network Manager shall take into consideration the needs of the whole ATM network and shall fully involve the airspace users, air navigation service providers , aerodrome operators and the military.
Amendment 837 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. The Network Manager shall contribute to the execution of the network functions through support measures aimed at safe and efficient planning and operations of the network under normal and network crisis conditions and through measures aimed at the continuous improvement of network operations in the Single European Sky and the overall performance of the network, especially regarding the implementation of the performance scheme. The action taken by the Network Manager shall take account of the need to fully integrate the airports in the network.
Amendment 842 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The Network Manager, in coordination with the operational stakeholders that contribute to the Network Operations Plan through the appropriate CDM, shall:
Amendment 848 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) decide on individuremedial measures to support the implementation of the network functions and to support the effective implementation of the binding Network Operations Plan and the achievement of the binding performance targetreakdown values;
Amendment 858 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 7
Article 27 – paragraph 7
7. The Network Manager shall take decisions through a cooperative decision- making process. Parties to the cooperative decision-making process shall act to the maximum extent possible with a view to improving the functioning and performance of the network. The cooperative decision-making process shall promote the interest of the network, while seeking consensus of Member States.
Amendment 862 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
The air traffic service providers shall establish consultation mechanisms to consult the relevant airspace users and aerodrome operators on all major issues related to services provided, including relevant changes to airspace configurations, or strategic investments which have a relevant impact on air traffic management and air navigation service provision and/or charges. The airspace users shall also be involved in the process of approving strategic investment plans. The Commission shall adopt measures detailing the modalities of the consultation and of the involvement of airspace users in approving investment plans. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 37 (3).
Amendment 873 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. With regard to general air traffic, relevant operational data shall be made available in real-time, on a non- discriminatory basis and without prejudice to security or defence policy interests, by all air navigation service providers, airspace users, airports, and the Network Manager, including on cross-border basis and on a Union-wide basis. Such availability shall be to the benefit of certified or declared air navigation service providers, military air traffic service providers, entities having a proven interest in considering the provision of air navigation services, airspace users and airports as well as the Network Manager. The data shall be used only for operational purposes.
Amendment 908 #
2013/0186(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the obligation of Member States under International Agreements, Member States, national supervisory authorities, the Agency whether or not it is acting as PRB and the Network Manager shall establish consultation mechanisms for appropriate consultation of stakeholders for the exercise of their tasks in the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 109 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Within the context of the WTO and through its bilateral relations, the Union advocates an ambitious opening of international public procurement markets of the Union and its trading partners, in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit. It is important to strengthen the concept of consistent economic activity, which has already been identified and legitimised by the WTO as a criterion for selecting companies eligible for public tender. This concept may and should be supplemented by criteria relating to the date of establishment, place of recruitment, percentage of local turnover and contribution to local and national society, in particular through taxes and contributions paid; It is also crucial to develop an indicator based on the national, territorial and environmental responsibility of the company, or to outline a new and more relevant method of assessment than an indicator based on social and environmental responsibility;
Amendment 113 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) To achieve greater strategic autonomy, when third countries are neither Party to the WTO Agreement on Public Procurement nor part of a bilateral agreement with the European Union in this area of competence, the European Union may prevent companies from those countries from submitting tenders for any EU public procurement contract.
Amendment 131 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In the interest of legal certainty for Union and third-country economic operators, contracting authorities and contracting entities, the international market access commitments undertaken by the Union towards third countries in the field of public procurement and concessions should be reflected in the legal order of the EU, thereby ensuring effective application thereof. In accordance with the principle of reciprocity in international matters, when third countries deny access to our companies, their companies should be denied access to our European public procurement market.
Amendment 132 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) In cases where foreign operations are deemed to be aggressive, or at the request of a Member State where the case in question affects a national strategic sector, a review clause based on the legitimacy of EU citizens and the Member States should be provided by the European Parliament to enable it, when a two-thirds majority is in favour of such a move, to urgently introduce a clause.
Amendment 133 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) Given that, under EU law, the EU’s international commitments place actors from third countries which are signatories on an equal footing, the European Parliament should be able to call on the Council to decide by a two- thirds majority to suspend or limit the award of public procurement contracts to countries that disregard the principle of reciprocity. The European Commission may call for coercive measures and, at the same time, offer an effective monitoring and surveillance tool.
Amendment 134 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) It is important to step up the EU’s objectives, stop being naive and be more realistic. It is also vital to steer away from free trade towards ‘proper’ trade, which will, by means of clear priorities and sustained reasoning, reduce unfair competition . Major economic powers waging a war on EU companies competing with their own, including through the application of their extraterritorial law, must be kept away from our single market. The objectives of improving the access of Union economic operators to the public procurement and concessions markets of certain third countries protected by restrictive and discriminatory procurement measures or practices and of preserving equal conditions of competition within the internal market require to refer to the non- preferential rules of origin established in the EU customs legislation, so that contracting authorities and contracting entities know whether goods and services are covered by the international commitments of the Union.
Amendment 149 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In the light of the overall policy objective of the Union to support small and medium-sized enterprises, this Regulation should also not apply to tenders submitted by SMEs established in the Union and in engaged in substantive business operations entailing a direct and effective link with the economy of at least one Member State. National public authorities have the right to include criteria that give preference to independent businesses run by craftsmen or small traders, or family-run SMEs or ETIs in their calls for tender.
Amendment 152 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) It is important to encourage each Member State to take measures restricting access to its markets that are not covered. In this regard, they should be called upon to develop a legitimate criterion for public tenders to better defend the integrity of a local area and local commercial networks. The local supply should determine whether and to what extent access to a market may be opened or restricted. Companies from third countries that do not meet the same level of social and environmental standards should not be granted access to the internal market of the European Union or its Member States.
Amendment 155 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16b) National public authorities have the right, in their calls for tender, to include criteria that give preference to companies that prioritise quality over quantity by applying, for example, the highest health, gastronomic, local and social standards.
Amendment 164 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In view of theis fact that the access of th, theird country goods and services to the public procurement market of the Union falls within the scope of the common commercial policy, Member Statacting authorities and their contracting authorentities cand contracting entities should not be able to, in the spirit of this Regulation, restrict the access of third country goods or services to their tendering procedures by any other measure than those provided for in this Regulationto ensure that foreign economic operators comply with environmental, social and labour law or any applicable national law.
Amendment 166 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Commission should ensure that a general monitoring tool is set up to look out for unusually low prices in responses to tenders and, where necessary, a one-off or general exclusion tool at the request of the contracting entities. These instruments could be seen as tools for EU economic diplomacy services. The Commission should be able, on its own initiative or at the application of interested parties or a Member State, to initiate at any time an investigation into restrictive procurement measures or practices allegedly adopted or maintained by a third country. Such investigative procedures should be without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 179 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) If the existence of a restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measure or practice in a third country is confirmed, the Commission should invite the country concerned to enter into consultations with a view to improving the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services in respect of public procurement in that country. To encourage the country concerned to engage promptly and actively in this dialogue, the Commission should decide, when the consultation procedure starts, to introduce some measures set out in this Regulation on a temporary basis, namely exclusion from participation in tendering procedures in EU public procurement markets or from price adjustment measures. The measures would apply to tenders from economic operators originating in that country and/or which deal with goods and services originating in that country.
Amendment 192 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) If the consultations with the country concerned do not lead to sufficient improvements to the tendering opportunities for Union economic operators, goods and services within a reasonable timeframe, the Commission should be able to adopt, where appropriate, price adjustment measure applying to tenders submitted by economic operators originating in that country and/or including goods and services originating in that country and prolong the measures introduced at the start of the consultation procedure and, where necessary, to adopt additional measures contained in this Regulation.
Amendment 204 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 219 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States are best placed to identify the contracting authorities or contracting entities, or categories of contracting authorities or contracting entities, which should apply the price adjustment measure. To ensure that an appropriate level of action is taken and that a fair distribution of the burden among Member States is achieved, the Commission should take the final decision, based on a list submitted by each Member State. Where necessary, the Commission may establish a list on its own initiativcan and should offer a monitoring and surveillance tool based on the proposals submitted by each Member State.
Amendment 224 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) It is imperative that contracting authorities and contracting entities have access to a range of high-quality products meeting their purchasing requirements at a competitive price and, at the same time, remain aware of the need to protect the long-term economic and social interests of the Member States and European people and consumers. Therefore contracting authorities and contracting entities should be able not to apply price adjustment measures limiting access of non-covered goods and services in case there are no Union and/or covered goods or services available which meet the requirements of the contracting authority or contracting entity to safeguard essential public needs, for example in the fields of health and public safety, or where the application of the measure would lead to a disproportionate increase in the price or costs of the contract.
Amendment 245 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
It provides for the possibility of applying price adjustment measures to certain tenders for contracts for the execution of works or a work, for the supply of goods and/or the provision of services and for concessions, and measures to exclude access to EU public procurement markets, on the basis of the origin of the economic operators, goods or services concerned. .
Amendment 362 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The assessment by the Commission of whether the alleged restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices have been adopted or are maintained by the third country concerned shall be made on the basis of the information supplied by interested parties and Member States, of facts collected by the Commission during its investigation, or both. The assessment shall be concluded within a period of eightsix months after the initiation of the investigation. In duly justified cases, this period may be extended by fourthree months.
Amendment 384 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. In the event that consultations with a third country do not lead to satisfactory results within 15 months from the day those consultations started, the Commission shall terminate the consultations and shall take appropriate action. In particular, the Commission may decide, by means of an implementing act, to impose or extend the exclusion of companies from the country concerned that are participating in tendering procedures for the award of EU public procurement contracts or to impose a price adjustment measure, pursuant to Article 8. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14(2).
Amendment 389 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Amendment 394 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Where it emerges, in the course of an investigation under Article 6 and after following the procedure set out in Article 7, that restrictive public procurement measures adopted or maintained by that third country lead to a substantial lack of reciprocity regarding market access between the Union and that third country, the Commission may adopt implementing acts in order to extend the exclusion of companies from the country concerned that are participating in tendering procedures for the award of EU public procurement contracts and/or adopt price adjustment measures. Tenders more than 50 % of the total value of which is made of goods and/or services originating in a third country, may be subject to a price adjustment measure where the third country concerned adopts or maintains restrictive and/or discriminatory procurement measures or practices.
Amendment 401 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 407 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The price adjustment measure shall specify the penalty of up to 225-40% to be calculated on the price of the tenders concerned, taking into account any State aid or other subsidies granted to the economic operator. It shall also specify any restrictions to the scope of application of the measure, such as those related to: (a) public procurement of specific categories of contracting authorities or contracting entities; (b) public procurement of specific categories of goods or services or tenders submitted by specific categories of economic operators; (c) public procurement contracts above or withinbelow certain thresholds; (d) tenders submitted for specific categories of concessions; (e) the territories of certain subcentral levels of government.
Amendment 461 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Where a price adjustment measure is applied, contracting authorities and contracting entities shall require tenderers to provide information on the origin of the goods and/or services contained in the tender, and on the value of the goods and services originating in the third country concerned as a percentage of the total value of the tender. They shall accept self- declarations from tenderers. Should the European Union open 60% of its public procurement market to a third country, it may impose legal measures to close the remaining 40% of its market to companies from that country without interfering with international rules.
Amendment 463 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Blackmailing with the threat of technology transfer in strategic national sectors to enable third countries to gain access to the market should be banned outright.
Amendment 464 #
2012/0060(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 b (new)
Access to public procurement shall be blocked when a sector is under strain, when necessary for the creation of local jobs in the EU or at the request of a Member State for itself.